Definition

1. Verb:
   • To reply formally: To give a formal, written answer, especially to a letter, request, or official communication.
   • To respond in writing: To provide a considered, often official, written response.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Công ty sẽ sớm phúc đáp thư khiếu nại của quý khách. (The company will soon reply to your complaint letter.)
  • Ông ấy đã phúc đáp bằng một bức thư tay dài. (He replied with a long handwritten letter.)
  • Chúng tôi đang chờ họ phúc đáp chính thức. (We are waiting for their official reply.)

Advanced Usage

• Used primarily in formal, bureaucratic, or literary contexts. It implies a more deliberate and respectful act of responding than the more common verb "trả lời."
• Often seen in the fixed phrase "thư phúc đáp" (letter of reply).

Variants and Related Words

• Trả lời (v): to answer, to reply. This is the general, all-purpose term.
  • Cô giáo trả lời câu hỏi. (The teacher answered the question.)
• Hồi âm (v): to reply (to a letter); to send a return communication.
  • Cảm ơn anh đã hồi âm sớm. (Thank you for replying early.)

Synonyms

• Reply: to say or write something as an answer.
• Respond: to say or do something as a reaction.
• Answer: a more general term for a response to a question.

Related Phrases

• Viết thư phúc đáp: to write a letter in reply.
  • Bộ phận hành chính có trách nhiệm viết thư phúc đáp. (The administrative department is responsible for writing letters of reply.)

1. Reply, answer
   • Viết thư phúc đáp
     To write a reply