对 duì — to answer; to face; to treat; opposite
对
Level 1 · Common HSK 2 #341
Traditional:
對
duì dui4
Basic definition
Detailed explanation
verb
- (会意。从口,从“丵”( zhuó,即,古“丛”字,象草木丛生。),从寸。寸,法度也。汉文帝以为责对而伪,言多非诚,故去其口,以从土。本义:应答)
- answer;reply e.g 无言以对 对当 · 对嘴 · 对理 · 对番 · 对状 · 对日
- face;mutual;face to face e.g 对峙对酌 对食 · 对枰 · 对酒 · 对月 · 对向 · 对床 · 对棋 · 对扬
- match e.g 对头 对头亲 · 对时对景 · 对合 · 对越 · 对坎儿 · 对治
- check;compare;identify e.g 对读 · 对笔迹 · 对数字 · 对理 · 对保
- mix;add e.g 这酒是对了水的
- treat;deal with;cope with e.g 他对我不错
- divide into halves e.g 对开 对股劈 · 对分
- spread;make known;display one's power
- wed e.g 对亲 · 对值
- mortgage
- have a contest e.g 对仗
- risk one's life e.g 对副 · 对命
- subtend;betrained on;be directed at e.g 斜边对直角 · 弧对圆心角
- be worthy of;not letting down e.g 对不住 对得起,对得住 · 对不过
noun
- spouse
- opponent e.g 对儿
- countermeasure e.g 对子
- antithetical couplet e.g 喜对 · 五言对 · 对笔 · 对儿
- 姓
adjective
- right e.g 他拒绝这一建议很对 · 你说得对,先生 · 意见很对 · 数目不对 · 猜对了 · 对,就这么办
- together e.g 对饮 对谈 · 对掌 · 对理 · 对食
measure word
- couple;pair e.g 他们是天生的一对 · 一对杯子 · 一对柜子 · 一对伙伴
preposition
- to e.g 对他的父亲谈及此事 · 对你的牙是凉了点 · 对耕作的危害 · 对财产的权利
- toward e.g 对任何人不怀恶意
Related words
- 对于 for; regarding; with respect to
- 反对 to oppose; to object; to be against; opposition
- 面对 to face; to confront
- 对象 object; target; partner (romantic); boyfriend/girlfriend
- 对方 the other side; the opposing party
- 相对 relatively/opposite/to resist/to oppose/relative/vis-a-vis
- 绝对 absolute; definitely
- 针对 to target; to focus on; to aim at; to be directed at; in response to; directed a
- 对待 to treat; to handle; to deal with
- 对话 dialogue; conversation
- 对外 external; foreign; to the outside; toward foreign countries
- 对手 opponent/adversary/match
- 对面 opposite; facing; across from
- 对不起 I'm sorry/pardon me/forgive me
- 对付 to deal with; to cope with; to handle
- 应对 to deal with; to cope with; to respond
- 对抗 to withstand; to resist; to stand off; antagonism; confrontation; to confront; t
- 对立 oppose/set sth against/be antagonistic to/antithetical/relative opposite/opposin
- 对比 contrast; comparison
- 对策 countermeasure; strategy to deal with a problem