HSK 3 · Verbs

回答 huídá “to reply” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 回答 means

  1. to reply
  2. to answer

How to say 回答

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale回huí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale答dá2nd tone, rising

回答 in a sentence

  1. 你能回答他的问题吗？

    Nǐ néng huídá tā de wèntí ma?

    Can you answer his question?

    Sentence #11294951 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这个问题很容易回答。

    Zhè ge wèntí hěn róngyì huídá.

    This question is easy to answer.

    Sentence #528067 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你不用马上回答。

    Nǐ búyòng mǎshàng huídá.

    You don’t have to answer right away.

    Sentence #5663590 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 回答 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 回 (huí) with each of its parts in a different colour
回huíto go back; to return; to turn back
  • 囗enclosure · wéi
  • 口mouth · kǒu

Memory aidOne square inside another, like going round and coming back: to return.

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

How to write 回答

回 6 strokes · 答 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 回答

Words with 回

回huí · to return回来huílai · to return回去huíqu · to return回忆huíyì · to recall回顾huígù · to look back回避huíbì · to avoid挽回wǎnhuí · to retrieve回报huíbào · to repay回收huíshōu · to recycle

Words with 答

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

More words: Thinking & Talking

感兴趣gǎn xìngqù · be interested in关心guānxīn · concerned about/with害怕hàipà · afraid of欢迎huānyíng · to welcome记得jìde · remember检查jiǎnchá · to check讲jiǎng · to talk解决jiějué · settle a dispute

FAQs

回答 (huídá) means “to reply” or “to answer”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it huídá: huí with a 2nd tone, then dá with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 回答 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huida with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 回答 from the suggestions. Typing huida into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
回答 is an HSK 3 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.