抗 kàng — to resist; to withstand; to oppose; to fight; to counter; to combat
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Level 1 · Common HSK 6 #646
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Basic definition
Detailed explanation
verb
- (形声。从手，亢声。本义:抵抗，抵御)
- resist;combat;fight e.g 抗木 · 抗力 · 抗犯 · 抗玩 · 抗质 · 抗矫
- defy;refuse e.g 抗拒 抗违 · 抗租 · 抗逆 · 抗斗
- contend with e.g 抗横 · 抗行 · 抗美 · 抗库
- raise e.g 抗力 · 抗手 · 抗足 · 抗兵
- present e.g 抗表 · 抗章
adjective
- high; great e.g 抗世 · 抗殿
- upright and never stooping to flattery;noble e.g 抗迈 · 抗行 · 抗迹 · 抗直 · 抗词
- loud and sonorous e.g 抗烈 · 抗朗 · 抗言 · 抗音
Related words
- 抗战 war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)
- 抗日 resisting Japan; anti-Japanese (war of resistance)
- 抗击 to resist; to fight back against
- 对抗 to withstand; to resist; to stand off; antagonism; confrontation; to confront; t
- 抗议 to protest; to object; to remonstrate
- 抵抗 to resist; resistance; to withstand; to stand up to; to fight back; to oppose
- 反抗 to resist; to rebel; to revolt; to fight back; to rise up; to defy
- 抗旱 to combat drought; drought relief
- 抗洪 to fight floods
- 抗拒 to resist; to defy; to oppose
- 抗争 to resist/to make a stand and fight (against)
- 抗灾 defense against natural disasters
- 对抗赛 duel/match/competition between paired opponents (e.g. sporting)
- 抗生素 antibiotic
- 抗体 antibody
- 抗衡 to contend with; to rival; to match
- 抗病 disease-resistant; to resist disease
- 抗诉 to protest against a verdict/to lodge an appeal
- 抗御 to resist and defend against
- 抗原 antigen