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答
dā
1. to answer
2. to agree
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

答
dá
answer, reply; to return; to assent to
HSK 3 12 丶

Compound Words (20)

作答
zuòdá
to answer
问答
wèndá
question and answer
回答
huídá
to reply
HSK 3
报答
bàodá
to repay
HSK 6
对答
duìdá
to reply
应答
yìngdá
to reply
抢答
qiǎngdá
to compete to be the first to answer a question (as on a quiz show)
滴答
dīdā
(onom.) pattering sound
竞答
jìngdá
to compete to answer questions (in class)
答卷
dájuàn
completed examination paper
答问
dáwèn
answer
答对
dáduì
(usually used in the negative) to answer or reply to sb's question
答复
dáfù
to answer
HSK 6
答应
dāying
to promise
HSK 5
答拜
dábài
to return a visit
答数
dáshù
numerical answer (to a question in math.)
答案
dáàn
answer
HSK 4
答理
dāli
to acknowledge
答疑
dáyí
to answer questions (as teacher or consultant)
答白
dābái
to answer

Alternate Entries

答
dá
reply / answer / return / respond / echo

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
558
Word Frequency Rank
851 of 84,292

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