🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

回复

Pronunciation / Transliteration: huífù

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Reply/rɪˈplaɪ/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"她迅速回复了他的电子邮件。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A response to a question, request, or statement.

    "She sent a quick reply to his email."
As verb
  1. 1

    To respond to something that has been said or written.

    "He decided to reply to the letter immediately."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'reply' originates from the Old French 'replier', which means 'to fold back', derived from the Latin 'replicare', meaning 'to fold again'. Over time, the meaning evolved to signify responding to a question or statement.

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