回答

Character by character

• 回huí6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 迴return, turn around; a time
• 答dá12 strokesHSK 1answer, reply; return; assent to

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 回答我。

  Huí dá wǒ

  Answer me this.

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• 回答我们。

  Huí dá wǒ men

  Answer us.

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• 你回答了什么？

  Nǐ huí dá le shén me

  What did you answer?

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 回答. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 回huíHSK 1

  to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book)

• 回来huí laiHSK 1

  to return; to come back

• 回家huí jiāHSK 1

  to return home

• 回到huí dàoHSK 1

  to return to

• 回去huí quHSK 1

  to return; to go back

• 答案dá ànHSK 4

  answer; solution

• 回忆huí yìHSK 5

  to recall; memories

• 答应dā yingHSK 2

  to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise

• 回复huí fùHSK 4

  to reply; to recover; to return (to a previous condition); Re: in reply to (email)

• 回头huí tóuHSK 5

  to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by

• 答dáHSK 5

  to answer; to reply; to respond

• 回报huí bàoHSK 5

  (in) return; reciprocation; payback; retaliation; to report back; to reciprocate

• 返回fǎn huíHSK 5

  to return to; to come (or go) back

• 回归huí guīHSK 7

  to return to; to retreat; regression (statistics)

• 收回shōu huíHSK 4

  to regain; to retake; to take back; to withdraw; to revoke

• 回顾huí gùHSK 5

  to look back; to review

• 回应huí yìngHSK 6

  to respond; response

• 回收huí shōuHSK 5

  to recycle; to reclaim; to retrieve; to recover; to recall (a defective product)

• 回避huí bìHSK 5

  to shun; to avoid (sb); to skirt; to evade (an issue); to step back; to withdraw; to recuse (a judge etc)

• 答复dá fùHSK 5

  to answer; to reply; Reply to: (in email header)

• 回想huí xiǎngHSK 7

  to recall; to recollect; to think back

• 来回lái huíHSK 7

  to make a round trip; return journey; back and forth; to and fro; repeatedly

• 挽回wǎn huíHSK 7

  to retrieve; to redeem

• 回国huí guóHSK 2

  to return to one's home country