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HSK 4

答案

answer; solution

nounneutral
答
dá2nd tone
案
àn4th tone

HSK level

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Pinyin
dá'àn
Part of speech
noun
Level
HSK 4
Strokes
22
Register
neutral
Measure word
个 / 种

Stroke order for 答案

答案 is written with 22 strokes (答: 12, 案: 10). The animation replays automatically.

What does 答案 mean?

答案 (dá'àn) is a noun meaning 'answer' or 'solution' — specifically the correct or expected response to a question, problem, quiz, or puzzle.

It is the answer as a thing (the content of a reply), not the act of answering: 正确答案 ('the correct answer'), 标准答案 ('the standard answer'). English speakers should note that Chinese separates this noun 答案 from the verb 回答 (huídá, 'to answer / to reply'): you 回答问题 ('answer a question,' verb) and the result is a 答案 ('answer,' noun). You cannot use 答案 as a verb.

It appears constantly in academic, test, and problem-solving contexts and is neutral in register. The apostrophe in dá'àn marks the syllable break so it isn't misread as 'da-an' run together. For a reply in conversation (rather than a right/wrong answer), 回答 or 答复 is more natural than 答案.

Character by character

答dáto answer; to reply
+
案àncase; record; plan
=
答案

Memory hook: 答 (answer) + 案 (case/record) → the recorded answer to a question.

Example sentences

这道题的答案是什么？

Zhè dào tí de dá'àn shì shénme?

What's the answer to this problem?

spoken

老师公布了正确答案。

Lǎoshī gōngbù le zhèngquè dá'àn.

The teacher announced the correct answer.

neutral

有些问题没有标准答案。

Yǒuxiē wèntí méiyǒu biāozhǔn dá'àn.

Some questions have no standard answer.

written

我在书的最后找到了答案。

Wǒ zài shū de zuìhòu zhǎodào le dá'àn.

I found the answer at the back of the book.

spoken

Common phrases with 答案

正确答案zhèngquè dá'àncorrect answer
标准答案biāozhǔn dá'ànstandard/model answer
找答案zhǎo dá'ànlook for the answer
答案是dá'àn shìthe answer is...

Synonyms

答复dáfù

答复 is an official reply or response to a request/inquiry (等公司的答复, 'wait for the company's reply'). 答案 is the correct answer to a question or problem, especially in tests or puzzles.

Don't confuse 答案 with

回答huídá

回答 is the verb 'to answer / reply.' 答案 is the noun 'the answer.' You 回答问题 (verb) to produce a 答案 (noun). Don't use 答案 as a verb.

答应dāying

答应 (dāying) means 'to agree / to promise / to respond to a call.' It shares 答 but reads dā and means something different from 答案 (the answer).

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