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答

dá

HSK 3 Character

What 答 means

1. to answer
2. to reply
3. to respond

Other readings

答 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• dābound form having the same meaning as the free word {答|dá}, used in {答应|dā ying}, {答理|dā l

Example sentences

• 回答。
  Respond.
• 回答我。
  Answer me this.
• 你答对了。
  Nǐ dáduì le.
  Your answer is correct.
• 请回答我。
  Please answer me.
• 回答偏了。
  The answer misses the point.
• 回答问题。
  Answer the question.

Words starting with 答

• 答案dá ànanswer; solution
• 答应dā yingto answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise
• 答复dá fùto answer; to reply; Reply to: (in email header)
• 答辩dá biànto reply (to an accusation); to defend one's dissertation
• 答疑dá yíto answer questions (as teacher or consultant); to clarify doubts
• 答话dá huàto reply; to answer
• 答卷dá juàncompleted examination paper; answer sheet
• 答对dá duìto answer correctly; (literary) to respond; to reply
• 答谢dá xièto express one's thanks
• 答问dá wènto answer a question; question and answer
• 答非所问dá fēi suǒ wèn(idiom) to sidestep the question; to answer evasively
• 答理dā li(usu. used in the negative) to acknowledge (sb's greeting etc); to respond; to answer
• 答数dá shùnumerical answer (to a question in math.); (Taiwan) (of troops) to shout numbers or…
• 答白dā báito answer
• 答访dá fǎngto return a visit
• 答录机dá lù jīanswering machine
• 答允dā yǔn(literary) to agree; to consent
• 答拜dá bàito return a visit
• 答礼dá lǐto return a courtesy; return gift
• 答词dá círeply; thank-you speech
• 答腔dā qiāngto answer; to respond; to converse
• 答讪dā shànvariant of 搭讪

Words containing 答

• 回答huí dáto reply; to answer; reply; answer
• 报答bào dáto repay; to requite
• 解答jiě dáto solve (a problem); to resolve (a difficulty); to provide an answer
• 问答wèn dáquestion and answer
• 作答zuò dáto answer; to respond
• 应答yìng dáto reply
• 对答duì dáto reply; to answer; response
• 滴答dī dā(onomatopoeia) pattering sound; drip drip (of water); tick tock (of clock)
• 羞答答xiū dā dābashful
• 抢答qiǎng dáto compete to be the first to answer a question (as on a quiz show)
• 加尔各答Jiā ěr gè dáCalcutta (India)
• 裁答cái dáto reply (to a letter)
• 对答如流duì dá rú liúable to reply quickly and fluently (idiom); having a ready answer
• 满口答应mǎn kǒu dā yingto readily consent
• 发射机应答器fā shè jī yìng dá qìtransponder; electronic device that responds to a radio code
• 竞答jìng dáto compete to answer questions (in class)
• 疑难解答yí nán jiě dátrouble shooting; solution to difficulties
• 辩答biàn dáa reply (in debate)
• 乔答摩Qiáo dā móGautama, surname of the Siddhartha, the historical Buddha
• 苏门答腊Sū mén dá làSumatra, one of the Indonesian islands
• 苏门答腊岛Sū mén dá là DǎoSumatra (one of the Indonesian islands)
• 免疫应答miǎn yì yìng dáimmune response
• 湿答答shī dā dāsoaking wet
• 酬答chóu dáto thank with a gift

Characters built on 合

These share the phonetic component 合 (hé), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 拿náto hold; to seize; to catch
• 哈hā(interj.) ha!; (onom. for laughter); (slang) to be infatuated with; to adore
• 峇bā(used in transliteration)
• 铪hāhafnium (chemistry)
• 荅dāvariant of 答

Characters that look like 答

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 签qiānto sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document…
• 筹chóuchip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds)…
• 鉴jiànbronze mirror (used in ancient times); to reflect; to mirror
• 墓mùgrave; tomb; mausoleum
• 萎wěito wither; to drop; to decline
• 菩púused in 菩萨; used in 菩提

Sounds the same

Read dá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 达to attain; to reach; to amount to
• 瘩sore; boil; scab
• 沓classifier for sheets of papers etc: pile, pad; Taiwan pr. tà
• 妲female personal name (archaic)
• 打(loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. dǎ
• 靼(phonetic); dressed leather
• 鞑Tartar; a tribe in China
• 怛distressed; alarmed; shocked
• 繨a knot (of a rope)
• 笪rough bamboo mat
• 龖(literary) dragons in flight
• 剳hook; sickle