解答

Chinese

		to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort	reply; answer; return reply; answer; return; respond; echo; to answer; agree
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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiědá

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄉㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai² daap³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kié-tap / kiái-tap
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kái-tap

  (Teochew, Peng'im): goi² dab⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiědá
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄉㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiědá
    • Wade–Giles: chieh³-ta²
    • Yale: jyě-dá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieedar
    • Palladius: цзеда (czeda)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai² daap³
    • Yale: gáai daap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai² daap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai² dab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³⁵ taːp̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kié-tap
    • Hakka Romanization System: gie` dab`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gie³ dab⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯e³¹ tap̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiái-tap
    • Hakka Romanization System: giai` dab`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giai³ dab⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯ai̯³¹ tap̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái-tap
    • Tâi-lô: kái-tap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kay'dab
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tap̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tap̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tap̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tap̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: goi² dab⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kói tap
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koi⁵²⁻³⁵ tap̚²/

Verb

解答

1. to answer

Japanese

Kanji in this term
解	答
かい Grade: 5	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かいとー [kàítóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ito̞ː]

• Homophones: 回答, 会頭, 解凍, 解党, 快投, 解糖, 会党, 回頭, 怪盗, 快刀

Noun

解(かい)答(とう) • (kaitō) 

1. answer, solution

Synonyms

• 正(せい)解(かい) (seikai): correct answer

Antonyms

• 問(もん)題(だい) (mondai): problem, question

See also

• 答(こた)え (kotae)

Verb

解(かい)答(とう)する • (kaitō suru) intransitive suru (stem 解(かい)答(とう)し (kaitō shi), past 解(かい)答(とう)した (kaitō shita))

1. give an answer
2. solve

Conjugation

Conjugation of "解答する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

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

Noun

解答 • (haedap) (hangeul 해답)

1. Hanja form^? of 해답.