respond to someone's words or matter
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to respond to someone's words or the matter they brought up
dialectMostly used in negative forms to indicate ignoring or not acknowledging what was said. The term is dialectal, common in Northern Mandarin.
Rén人
jiā家
gēn跟
nǐ你
shuō说
huà话
，
nǐ你
zěn怎
me么
bù不
lǐ理
chá茬
r儿
？
Someone is talking to you, why aren't you responding?
Tā他
zài在
nà那
r儿
bào抱
yuàn怨
le了
bàn半
tiān天
，
wǒ我
gēn根
běn本
jiù就
méi没
lǐ理
tā他
de的
chá茬
r儿
。
He complained there for a long time, I simply didn't acknowledge his remarks.
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Zhè这
shì事
tài太
huāng荒
táng唐
le了
，
dà大
jiā家
dōu都
lǎn懒
de得
lǐ理
chá茬
r儿
。
This matter is too ridiculous, everyone couldn't be bothered to respond.
Nǐ你
zuì最
hǎo好
bié别
lǐ理
tā他
de的
chá茬
r儿
，
bù不
rán然
tā他
huì会
méi没
wán完
méi没
liǎo了
。
You'd better not engage with him, otherwise he'll go on forever.