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HSK
where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment / also written 哪裡|哪里
HSK 1
where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *回* | 回* | *回
to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around / to reply; to answer / classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book) / classifier for occurrences or times
HSK 1
to reply; to answer / reply; answer
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *对* | 对* | *对
right; correct / towards; at; for / concerning; regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite; facing; matching / to match together; to adjust / to fit; to suit / to answer; to reply / to add; to pour in (a fluid) / to check; to compare / classifier: couple; pair
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *接* | 接* | *接
to receive / to answer (the phone) / to meet or welcome sb / to connect / to catch / to join / to extend / to take one's turn on duty / to take over for sb
HSK 2
to be certain; to be positive / assuredly; definitely / to give recognition; to affirm / affirmative (answer)
HSK 5
to negate / to deny / to reject / negative (answer) / negation
HSK 3
answer / solution / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to ask (a question) in reply / to answer a question with a question / rhetorical question
HSK 6
to answer; to reply / to handle; to deal with / response
HSK 6
to respond to / answer / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *答* | 答* | *答
to answer / to reply / to respond
HSK 5
to answer; to respond / to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise
HSK 2
to compete to answer questions (in class)
to correspond / answering (one another) / to agree (among the part) / corresponding / relevant / appropriate / (modify) accordingly
HSK 5
to ask (a question) in reply / to answer a question with a question / rhetorical question
to answer / to reply / Reply to: (in email header)
HSK 5
to answer questions (as teacher or consultant) / to clarify doubts
beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc)
to compete to be the first to answer a question (as on a quiz show)
to solve (a problem) / to resolve (a difficulty) / to provide an answer / solution / resolution / answer
HSK 7-9
(math.) numerical answer / solution
to reply (by letter, email etc) / reply; answer
easy to deal with; not a problem / (polite answer) you flatter me
HSK 7-9
to respond fluently / to answer smartly
answer to a riddle
HSK 7-9
to answer back; to retort
to reply / to answer
to answer a riddle / to guess (i.e. form an opinion without much evidence)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to ask a question, already knowing the answer
to talk back / to answer back
can be counted or regarded as / to be able to tell or answer / to deserve mention
to answer the phone
HSK 7-9
(jocular) to need to answer the call of nature
in duet / answering phrase / antiphonal answer
to answer / to respond
answering phrase of duet / to sing antiphonal answer
to supply the answering phrase
to guess correctly / to figure out the right answer
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *啊* | 啊* | *啊
interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer / Eh? / what?
able to reply quickly and fluently (idiom); having a ready answer
question and answer
antiphon (i.e. solo voice answered by chorus) / sung reply (in agreement with first voice) / to reply with a poem in the same rhythm
to answer correctly / (literary) to respond; to reply
(idiom) to sidestep the question / to answer evasively
to explain in detail / detailed answer / full solution (to a math problem)
to answer back / to contradict / to renege / to go back on one's word
to need to answer the call of nature
to seek an answer / to look for an explanation / to explain / explanation
to answer a call to action
an answering voice / to answer a voice / to respond / to copy a voice / to parrot
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *酬* | 酬* | *酬
to entertain / to repay / to return / to reward / to compensate / to reply / to answer
lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom) / fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him
to answer back
(idiom) to answer back sarcastically; to retort
to answer the roll call at 卯時|卯时, i.e. between 5 and 7 am / fig. to put in a conventional appearance
to answer / to respond / to converse
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喂* | 喂* | *喂
hello (when answering the phone)
(literary) to reply / to answer
to reply / to answer / response / reply
to answer
(usu. used in the negative) to acknowledge (sb's greeting etc); to respond; to answer
to answer the door
Seven Military Classics of ancient China viz "Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜|六韬, "Methods of Sima" 司馬法|司马法, "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法, "Wuzi" 吳子|吴子, "Wei Liaozi" 尉繚子|尉缭子, "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 黃石公三略|黄石公三略 and "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang" 唐太宗李衛公問對|唐太宗李卫公问对
to solve a problem / to answer a question / (Internet) Q&A forum / advice column
to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer / to rack one's brains
to answer
to be advised / awaiting an answer
to answer a riddle / to guess (i.e. form an opinion without much evidence)
to give answering phrase (school exercise in memory or composition)
Li Jing (570-649 AD), Tang Dynasty general and purported author of "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang" 唐太宗李衛公問對|唐太宗李卫公问对, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
completed examination paper / answer sheet / CL: , 張|张
numerical answer (to a question in math.) / (Tw) (of troops) to shout numbers or phrases in unison (to keep in step or maintain morale)
essay on policy in question and answer form used in imperial exams
to sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice (idiom)
to answer / to respond / to converse
answering machine
"Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang", military treatise attributed to Li Jing 李靖 and one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
to answer a question / question and answer
to retort / to answer back
(folk religion) to divine by casting moon blocks 筊杯, with the positions of the blocks determining the divine answer
a form of automatic writing in which two or more participants hold a single pen over a sheet of paper and invite a spirit to write answers to their questions / a spirit so invited
(of singers etc) one answering the other
to retort / to answer back
please answer (epistolary style)
to answer
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *复* | 复* | *复
to go and return / to return / to resume / to return to a normal or original state / to repeat / again / to recover / to restore / to turn over / to reply / to answer / to reply to a letter / to retaliate / to carry out
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *应* | 应* | *应
to answer / to respond / to comply with / to deal or cope with
HSK 5


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