答
dádā HSK1

answer

答 dá frequency
answer verb
to provide a verbal or written reply to a question, comment, or message

老师问他话，他却只是低头不答。

lǎo​shī wèn tā huà, tā què zhǐ​shì dī​tóu bù dá.

The teacher asked him a question, but he just lowered his head and didn't answer.

reciprocate verb
to return a favor, gift, or greeting with a reciprocal action

既然受了人家的恩惠，我也该答一份礼。

jì​rán shòu le rén​jia de ēn​huì, wǒ yě gāi dá yī fèn lǐ.

Since I've received a favor from them, I should return it with a gift.

答 dā
answer verb
bound form having the same meaning as the free word 答 (da2), used in compounds like 答应 dā​ying or 答理 dā​li

他还在生气，根本不答理我。

tā hái zài shēng​qì, gēn​běn bù dā lǐ wǒ.

He is still angry and is completely ignoring me.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
559th most common 374.3 per million
Movie subtitles
556th most common 254.2 per million appears in 71% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
22.0 per million appears in 7% of films
Written text
50.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+7B54

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)