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đáp

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Pronunciation

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Verb

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đáp

  1. to reply or respond
    Synonym: trả lời
    "Thì sao?" - hắn đáp
    "So what?" - he said [in response]
    đáp trảto verbally or physically counterattack
  2. (of a flying object) to land
    • 1909, Nguyễn Liên Phong, “Rạch-Giá”, in Nam Kỳ phong tục nhơn vật diễn ca:
      Giữa rừng dây choại kẹo lền, Chim bay đáp xuống hóa nên sân bằng.
      In the forest, ferns grew dense and thick, but the birds keep landing there, so it became a flat field.

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