HSK 6 · Verbs

答复 dáfù “to reply” in Chinese

Traditional 答覆

What 答复 means

  1. to reply
  2. to answer
  3. Reply to: (in email header)

How to say 答复

  • 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复fù4th tone, falling

答复 in a sentence

  1. 谢谢你的答复。

    Xièxie nǐ de dáfù.

    Thanks for your reply.

    Sentence #332508 from Tatoeba

  2. 我今天无法给您一个最终的答复。

    Wǒ jīntiān wúfǎ gěi nín yí ge zuìzhōng de dáfù.

    I can’t give you a final answer today.

    Sentence #335535 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 收到此邮件后请尽快给我答复。

    Shōudào cǐ yóujiàn hòu qǐng jǐnkuài gěi wǒ dáfù.

    Please reply as soon as you receive this email.

    Sentence #528038 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 答复 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 复 (fù) with each of its parts in a different colour
复fùto go and return
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 日sun · rì
  • 夂go · zhǐ

How to write 答复

答 12 strokes · 复 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 答复

Words with 答

回答huídá · to reply答案dá'àn · answer答应dāying · to agree报答bàodá · to repay (a kindness)答辩dábiàn · to defend (a thesis)

Words with 复

复习fùxí · revise复印fùyìn · to photocopy复杂fùzá · complicated恢复huīfù · to recover重复chóngfù · to repeat复制fùzhì · to duplicate反复fǎnfù · repeatedly报复bàofu · to retaliate修复xiūfù · to repair复兴fùxīng · revival

More words: Thinking & Talking

吹牛chuīniú · to boast吹捧chuīpěng · to flatter出神chūshén · to be lost in thought磋商cuōshāng · to consult叮嘱dīngzhǔ · to urge repeatedly断定duàndìng · to conclude督促dūcù · to supervise and urge对照duìzhào · to compare

FAQs

答复 (dáfù) means “to reply” or “to answer”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dáfù: dá with a 2nd tone, then fù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 答复 is written 答覆. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dafu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 答复 from the suggestions. Typing dafu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
答复 is an HSK 6 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.