回答 — meaning in English
huí dá
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English meaning
- alternation noun The way two (or occasionally more) things take turns happening, one after the other, again and again.
- answer noun A reply given to a question, or a solution to a problem.
- backtalk noun (informal) Rude or argumentative replies given back to someone.
- rejoinder noun (law) A defendant's reply to the claimant's answer in a legal case.
- replication noun The process of copying or reproducing something so a fresh, identical version exists.
- reply verb To give a spoken or written answer to a question, message, or accusation.
- respond verb To say or write something as an answer.
- response noun An answer or reply given to a question, request, or message.
- sass noun Bold or disrespectful talk; cheek.
Senses
回答 is used for these senses in English:
- alternation (religion) The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.
- answer A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
- answer To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
- answer back (ambitransitive) To reply impertinently to (someone); to talk back.
- backtalk Verbal impudence or argumentative discourse, given in response.
- backtalk (transitive) To respond to in an aggressively disputatious, often sarcastic or insolent manner.
- pick up (transitive, ) To notice, detect or discern; to pick up on.
- rejoinder (legal) The defendant's answer to the replication.
alternation — full definition
- noun The way two (or occasionally more) things take turns happening, one after the other, again and again.
- noun (In church) Speaking that goes back and forth between the minister and the congregation.
- noun (grammar) A case where a sentence can be built in more than one way while keeping the same meaning.
- noun (Logic) The operation known as "inclusive or".
answer — full definition
- noun A reply given to a question, or a solution to a problem.
- verb To give a reply, especially to a question, letter, or call.
- verb To be accountable or responsible for something, often to someone in authority.
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