回答

Chinese

		to circle; to go back; to turn around to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam	reply; answer; return reply; answer; return; respond; echo; to answer; agree
trad. (回答)		回	答
simp. #(回答)		回	答

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): huídá

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄚˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуэйда (hueyda, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ daap³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fì-tap
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hôe-tap / hê-tap

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huê⁵ dab⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶we-taq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huídá
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéidá
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-ta²
    • Yale: hwéi-dá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweidar
    • Palladius: хуэйда (xuejda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ tä³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуэйда (hueyda, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuɛi²⁴ ta⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ daap³
    • Yale: wùih daap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ daap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ dab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ taːp̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fì-tap
    • Hakka Romanization System: fi^ˇ dab^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fi² dab⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /fi¹¹ tap̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-tap
    • Tâi-lô: huê-tap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'dab
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hue²⁴⁻²² tap̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² tap̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² tap̚⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Singapore): /hue²⁴⁻²¹ tap̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²³⁻³³ tap̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hê-tap
    • Tâi-lô: hê-tap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: he'dab
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /he²⁴⁻¹¹ tap̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huê⁵ dab⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huê tap
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tap̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶we-taq
    • MiniDict: we^去 tah
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhue-taq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²² taʔ⁴⁴/

Verb

回答

1. to reply; to answer; to respond

   回答問題／回答问题  ―  huídá wèntí  ―  to answer a question

Synonyms

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• 對答 / 对答 (duìdá)
• 應 / 应 (Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min)
• 應對 / 应对 (yìngduì)
• 答問 / 答问 (dáwèn)
• 答對 / 答对 (dáduì)
• 答應 / 答应 (dāyìng)
• 答道 (dádào)
• 酬對 / 酬对 (chóuduì) (literary)

Related terms

• 提問／提问 (tíwèn)
• 問答／问答 (wèndá)

Noun

回答

1. reply; answer; response

   這不是一個令人滿意的回答。 [MSC, trad.]
   这不是一个令人满意的回答。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè bùshì yīge lìng rén mǎnyì de huídá. [Pinyin]

   This is not a satisfactory answer.

Synonyms

• 答覆 (dáfù)
• 回覆 (huífù)

See also

• 答案 (dá'àn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
回	答
かい Grade: 2	とう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かいとー [kàítóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ito̞ː]

• Homophones: 会頭, 解答, 解凍, 解党, 快投, 解糖, 会党, 回頭, 怪盗, 快刀

Noun

回(かい)答(とう) • (kaitō) ^{←くわいたふ (kwaitafu)?}

1. reply, response, answer

Synonyms

• 返事(へんじ) (henji), 答弁(とうべん) (tōben)

Antonyms

• 質問(しつもん) (shitsumon, “shitsumon”): question

Derived terms

• 回答書式 (n.) reply form
• 回答書 (n.) answer document, response
• 回答者 (n.) answer man, replier, responder
• 回答欄 (n.) answer column

Verb

回(かい)答(とう)する • (kaitō suru) ^{←くわいたふ (kwaitafu)?}transitive or intransitive suru (stem 回(かい)答(とう)し (kaitō shi), past 回(かい)答(とう)した (kaitō shita))

1. to answer, to respond, to reply

Conjugation

Conjugation of "回答する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	回答し	かいとうし	kaitō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	回答し	かいとうし	kaitō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	回答する	かいとうする	kaitō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	回答する	かいとうする	kaitō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	回答すれ	かいとうすれ	kaitō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	回答せよ¹ 回答しろ²	かいとうせよ¹ かいとうしろ²	kaitō seyo¹ kaitō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	回答される	かいとうされる	kaitō sareru
Causative	回答させる 回答さす	かいとうさせる かいとうさす	kaitō saseru kaitō sasu
Potential	回答できる	かいとうできる	kaitō dekiru
Volitional	回答しよう	かいとうしよう	kaitō shiyō
Negative	回答しない	かいとうしない	kaitō shinai
Negative continuative	回答せず	かいとうせず	kaitō sezu
Formal	回答します	かいとうします	kaitō shimasu
Perfective	回答した	かいとうした	kaitō shita
Conjunctive	回答して	かいとうして	kaitō shite
Hypothetical conditional	回答すれば	かいとうすれば	kaitō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

• “回答”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
回	答

Noun

回答 • (hoedap) (hangeul 회답)

1. hanja form^? of 회답 (“reply, response, answer”)