报答
Old HSK 6
报答 (bàodá) · to repay
报答 (bàodá) means “to repay; to pay back (kindness)”. It is written with 2 characters: 报 (newspaper) + 答 (to answer). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 报答 is built
The characters
报 bào · newspaper
What 报 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 卩jié — seal
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 又yòu — (once) again
Origin hint: A hand 扌 cuffing 又 a criminal 卩, representing sentencing (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
答 dá · to answer
What 答 is made of
- ⺮zhú — bamboo
- 合hé — to combine
- 亼jí — to assemble
- 人rén — person
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亼jí — to assemble
Example sentences
我要努力学习，报答父母。Wǒ yào nǔlì xuéxí, bàodá fùmǔ.I'll study hard to repay my parents.
你的帮助我不知道怎么报答。Nǐ de bāngzhù wǒ bù zhīdao zěnme bàodá.I don't know how to repay your help.
Questions about 报答
What does 报答 mean?
报答 (bàodá) means “to repay; to pay back (kindness)”.
How do you pronounce 报答?
报答 is pronounced bàodá.
Which HSK level is 报答?
报答 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 报名bàomíngto sign up
- 报纸bàozhǐnewspaper
- 日报rìbàodaily newspaper
- 晚报wǎnbàoevening newspaper
- 报到bàodàoto register
- 报道bàodàoto report (news)
- 报告bàogàoreport
- 预报yùbàoforecast
- 汇报huìbàoto report
- 报社bàoshènewspaper office
Learn 报答 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 6: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.