HSK 4 · Objects

答案 dá'àn “answer” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 答案 means

  1. answer
  2. solution

Measure word 个 gè · 一个答案 yí ge dá'àn

How to say 答案

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale答dá2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale案àn4th tone, falling

答案 in a sentence

  1. 告诉我正确的答案。

    Gàosu wǒ zhèngquè de dá'àn.

    Tell me the correct answer.

    Sentence #792818 from Tatoeba

  2. 你的答案是错的。

    Nǐ de dá'àn shì cuò de.

    Your answer is wrong.

    Sentence #512186 from Tatoeba

  3. 我想我找到答案了。

    Wǒ xiǎng wǒ zhǎodào dá'àn le.

    I think I’ve found the answer.

    Sentence #5624911 from Tatoeba

How 答案 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 答 (dá) with each of its parts in a different colour
答dáto answer
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhú
  • 合to combine · gě
The character 案 (àn) with each of its parts in a different colour
案àncase
  • 安peaceful · ānSound part
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 安 (ān) hints at the sound. Compare it with àn.

How to write 答案

答 12 strokes · 案 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

答案 (dá'àn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 答案 (dá'àn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 答案

Words with 答

回答huídá · to reply答应dāying · to agree答复dáfù · to reply报答bàodá · to repay (a kindness)答辩dábiàn · to defend (a thesis)

Words with 案

方案fāng'àn · plan档案dàng'àn · file案件ànjiàn · legal case草案cǎo'àn · draft (of a law or plan)图案tú'àn · pattern案例ànlì · case

More words: Everyday Things

部分bùfen · part材料cáiliào · (raw) material场chǎng · measure word for events: a spell (of rain)窗户chuānghu · window刀dāo · knife动作dòngzuò · movement方法fāngfǎ · method方面fāngmiàn · respect

FAQs

答案 (dá’àn) means “answer” or “solution”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it dá’àn: dá with a 2nd tone, then àn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 答案 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one answer is 一个答案 (yí ge dá'àn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type daan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 答案 from the suggestions. Typing daan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
答案 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.