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  daap3   jyutping
  da2 da1   pinyin
[1] answer; reply; respond
[2] reciprocate; return; repay


Pinyin da2 is literary reading; da1 is used only in some colloquial phrases.
verb
Stroke count: 12
Level: 1
Radical: (#118)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 10189 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 23rd Mar 2014 05:23

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detail  daap3 jing3  da1 ying5 = promise, consent, agree; respond, answer
detail  wui4 daap3  hui2 da2 = to answer, to reply, respond
detail  man6 daap3  wen4 da2 = questions and answers, Q&A
detail  deoi3 daap6  dui4 da2 = to reply, to answer; response, reply
detail  gaai2 daap3  jie3 da2 = answer; explain
detail  daap3 on3  da2 an4 = [n] answer
detail  daap3 ci4  da2 ci2 = [1] reply [2] thank-you speech
detail  bou3 daap3  bao4 da2 = to repay
detail  daap3 bin6  da2 bian4 = to reply (to a charge, accusation, query or argument)
detail  daap3 gyun2  da2 juan4 = answer sheet (to be handed up at the end of a test); examination paper
See all 25 compounds (CantoDict reports 26 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 3 examples containing 答
detail 答案簡單
The answer's very simple.
detail 不如試吓
Why don't you try to answer?
[^already a literal translation]
detail audio 模稜兩可
He does not answer when asked; whenever he responds, they are vague.
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