acknowledge; respond; pay attention to
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to acknowledge; to respond; to pay attention to
informalUsed in informal spoken language, often in the negative to indicate ignoring someone. This variant (搭理) is common in colloquial usage and is interchangeable with '答理'.
Wǒ我
gēn跟
tā他
shuō说
le了
bàn半
tiān天
，
tā他
gēn根
běn本
bù不
xiǎng想
dā搭
li理
wǒ我
。
I talked to him for a long time, but he simply didn't want to acknowledge me.
Bié别
lǐ理
tā他
，
tā他
zhèng正
zài在
shēng生
qì气
，
shéi谁
dōu都
bù不
xiǎng想
dā搭
li理
。
Ignore him, he's angry right now and doesn't want to talk to anyone.
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Nǐ你
zěn怎
me么
bù不
dā搭
li理
rén人
jia家
de的
wèn问
hòu候
？
Why aren't you responding to their greeting?