# 回答
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): huídá
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄚˊ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуэйда (hueyda, I-II)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wui$^4$ daap$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fì-tap
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hôe-tap / hê-tap
    (Teochew, Peng'im): huê$^5$ dab$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$we-taq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huídá
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huéidá
*** Wade–Giles: hui$^2$-ta$^2$
*** Yale: hwéi-dá
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweidar
*** Palladius: хуэйда (xuejda)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ tä³⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуэйда (hueyda, I-II)
*** Sinological IPA : /xuɛi²⁴ ta⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wui$^4$ daap$^3$
*** Yale: wùih daap
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wui$^4$ daap$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wui$^4$ dab$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuːi̯²¹ taːp̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fì-tap
*** Hakka Romanization System: fi$^ˇ$ dab$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fi$^2$ dab$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /fi¹¹ tap̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-tap
*** Tâi-lô: huê-tap
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'dab
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hue²⁴⁻²² tap̚³²/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³⁻²² tap̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hue²⁴⁻²² tap̚⁵/
*** IPA (Singapore): /hue²⁴⁻²¹ tap̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²³⁻³³ tap̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hê-tap
*** Tâi-lô: hê-tap
*** Phofsit Daibuun: he'dab
*** IPA (Taipei): /he²⁴⁻¹¹ tap̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: huê$^5$ dab$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huê tap
*** Sinological IPA : /hue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tap̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$we-taq
*** MiniDict: we$^去$ tah
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhue-taq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²² taʔ⁴⁴/

### Verb

回答
* to reply; to answer; to respond
    回答問題／回答问题 ― huídá wèntí ― to answer a question

#### Synonyms

* 對答 / 对答 (duìdá)
* 應 / 应 (Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min)
* 應對 / 应对 (yìngduì)
* 答問 / 答问 (dáwèn)
* 答對 / 答对 (dáduì)
* 答應 / 答应 (dāyìng)
* 答道 (dádào)
* 酬對 / 酬对 (chóuduì) (literary)

#### Related terms

* 提問／提问 (tíwèn)
* 問答／问答 (wèndá)

### Noun

回答
* reply; answer; response
       Zhè bùshì yīge lìng rén mǎnyì de huídá. [Pinyin]
       This is not a satisfactory answer.

#### Synonyms

* 答覆 (dáfù)
* 回覆 (huífù)

### See also

* 答案 (dá'àn)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 回 | 答 |
| かい Grade: 2 | とう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かいとー [kàítóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ka̠ito̞ː]
* Homophones: 会頭, 解答, 解凍, 解党, 快投, 解糖, 会党, 回頭, 怪盗, 快刀

### Noun

回(かい)答(とう) • (kaitō)
* reply, response, answer

#### Synonyms

* 返事(へんじ) (henji), 答弁(とうべん) (tōben)

#### Antonyms

* 質問(しつもん) (shitsumon, “shitsumon”): question

#### Derived terms

* 回答書式 (n.) reply form
* 回答書 (n.) answer document, response
* 回答者 (n.) answer man, replier, responder
* 回答欄 (n.) answer column

### Verb

回(かい)答(とう)する • (kaitō suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 回(かい)答(とう)し (kaitō shi), past 回(かい)答(とう)した (kaitō shita))
* to answer, to respond, to reply

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 回答し | かいとうし | kaitō shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 回答し | かいとうし | kaitō shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 回答する | かいとうする | kaitō suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 回答する | かいとうする | kaitō suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 回答すれ | かいとうすれ | kaitō sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 回答せよ¹ 回答しろ² | かいとうせよ¹ かいとうしろ² | kaitō seyo¹ kaitō shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 回答される | かいとうされる | kaitō sareru |
| Causative | 回答させる 回答さす | かいとうさせる かいとうさす | kaitō saseru kaitō sasu |
| Potential | 回答できる | かいとうできる | kaitō dekiru |
| Volitional | 回答しよう | かいとうしよう | kaitō shiyō |
| Negative | 回答しない | かいとうしない | kaitō shinai |
| Negative continuative | 回答せず | かいとうせず | kaitō sezu |
| Formal | 回答します | かいとうします | kaitō shimasu |
| Perfective | 回答した | かいとうした | kaitō shita |
| Conjunctive | 回答して | かいとうして | kaitō shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 回答すれば | かいとうすれば | kaitō sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 回 | 答 |

### Noun

回答 • (hoedap) (hangeul 회답)
* hanja form of 회답 (“reply, response, answer”)