zok3 daap3作答
Jyutpingzok3 daap3
Yalejok daap
Definition
To answer, especially in a way that is recorded for evaluation or assessment.
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How it's used
Focuses on formal or structured responses, such as those required in exams, surveys, or official interviews. It carries a sense of accountability, implying that the response will be reviewed or evaluated by someone else. Unlike the everyday word 答, which is used for casual conversation, this term feels more like a task or a requirement.
Examples
You must use a black pen to answer this exam paper.
Think carefully before you provide your answer.
Related words
Common phrases
time allowed for answering
requirements for answering
Common mistake
Avoid using this in casual daily conversation, such as when a friend asks you a question. Using it in informal settings makes you sound like you are reading from a textbook or acting like a robot.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
