= d + a1
bound form having the same meaning as the free word 答[da2], used in 答應|答应[da1 ying5], 答理[da1 li5] etc
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= d + a2
to answer / to reply / to respond
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How to pronounce 答

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= d initial

D is for Don Quixote.

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+ a1 final

In front of the ashram.

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= d initial

D is for Don Quixote.

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+ a2 final

In the ashram’s kitchen.

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答 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
zhú = zhu + Ø2
"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)
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= g + e3
100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗
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= h + e2
to close / to join / to fit / to be equal to / whole / together / round (in battle) / conjunction (astronomy) / 1st note of pentatonic scale / old variant of 盒[he2]
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= h + e2
variant of 合[he2]
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zhú = zhu + Ø2
bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118
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Characters with 答 as component

zhá = zh + a2
variant of 札[zha2]
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zhā = zh + a1
to prick with a needle
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Words with 答

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to reply; to answer / reply; answer
to answer; to respond / to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise
answer / solution / CL:個|个[ge4]

Sentences with 答

ying
ǎn
lǎo
sūn
zhè
chēng
hào
便
biàn
ba

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