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对 duì right / correct / towards / at / for / concerning / regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite / facing / matching / to match together / to adjust / to fit / to suit / to answer / to reply / to add / to pour in (a fluid) / to check / to compare / classifier: couple / pair
Results beginning with 对
对于 duì yú regarding / as far as (sth) is concerned / with regard to
对方 duì fāng the other person / the other side / the other party
对象 duì xiàng target / object / partner / boyfriend / girlfriend / CL:個|个[ge4]
对手 duì shǒu opponent / rival / competitor / (well-matched) adversary / match
对外 duì wài external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs)
对话 duì huà to talk (with sb) / dialogue / conversation
对比 duì bǐ to contrast / contrast / ratio / CL:個|个[ge4]
对待 duì dài to treat / treatment
对了 duì le Correct! / Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention) / Oh, by the way, ...
对面 duì miàn (sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face
对付 duì fu to handle / to deal with / to tackle / to get by with / to make do / (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb)
对应 duì yìng to correspond (to) / to be equivalent to / to be a counterpart to
对抗 duì kàng to withstand / to resist / to stand off / antagonism / confrontation
对策 duì cè countermeasure for dealing with a situation
对照 duì zhào to contrast / to compare / to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts) / to check
对人 duì rén in personam
对白 duì bái dialogue (in a movie or a play)
对阵 duì zhèn poised for battle / to square up for a fight
对准 duì zhǔn to aim at / to target / to point at / to be directed at / registration / alignment (mechanical engineering)
对立 duì lì to oppose / to set sth against / to be antagonistic to / antithetical / relative opposite / opposing / diametrical
对战 duì zhàn to do battle (with sb)
对价 duì jià consideration (in exchange for shares) / a quid pro quo
对决 duì jué confrontation / contest / showdown
对峙 duì zhì (of mountains etc) to stand facing each other / (fig.) to confront each other
对焦 duì jiāo to focus (a camera)
对华 duì Huá (policy etc) towards China
对联 duì lián rhyming couplet / pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway / CL:副[fu4],幅[fu2]
对接 duì jiē to join up / to dock / a joint (between components)
对称 duì chèn symmetry / symmetrical
对口 duì kǒu (of two performers) to speak or sing alternately / to be fit for the purposes of a job or task / (of food) to suit sb's taste
对岸 duì àn opposite bank (of a body of water)
对望 duì wàng to look at each other
对美 duì Měi (policy etc) towards America
对日 duì Rì (policy etc) towards Japan
对齐 duì qí to align / (typography) to justify
对头 duì tou (longstanding) opponent / enemy / inimical / adversary / opponent
对头 duì tóu correct / normal / to be on good terms with / on the right track / right
对内 duì nèi internal / national / domestic (policy)
对敌 duì dí to confront / to face the enemy
对等 duì děng equal status / equal treatment / parity (under the law) / equity / reciprocity
对唱 duì chàng in duet / answering phrase / antiphonal answer
对台 duì tái (policy etc) towards Taiwan
对冲 duì chōng hedging (finance)
对眼 duì yǎn to squint / to one's liking
对症 duì zhèng correct diagnosis / to prescribe the right cure for an illness / to suit the medicine to the illness
对门 duì mén the building or room opposite
对开 duì kāi running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc)
对垒 duì lěi to face off against one's adversary (military, sports etc)
对子 duì zǐ pair of antithetical phrases / antithetical couplet
对流 duì liú convection
对打 duì dǎ to fight (one against one)
对数 duì shù logarithm
对虾 duì xiā prawn / shrimp
对路 duì lù suitable / to one's liking
对局 duì jú opposing sides (in chess etc) / position (of opposing forces)
对弈 duì yì to play go, chess etc
对偶 duì ǒu dual / duality / antithesis / coupled phrases (as rhetorical device) / spouse
对答 duì dá to reply / to answer / response / reply
对折 duì zhé to sell at a 50% discount / to fold in two
对谈 duì tán to talk with sb (face to face) / discussion / talk / chat
对角 duì jiǎo opposite angle
对攻 duì gōng to attack (one another)
对位 duì wèi counterpoint (in music etc) / to align / alignment
对换 duì huàn to exchange / to swap
对号 duì hào tick / check mark (✓) / number for verification (serial number, seat number etc) / (fig.) two things match up
对句 duì jú couplet
对质 duì zhì to confront (in court etc) / confrontation
对调 duì diào to swap places / to exchange roles
对撞 duì zhuàng to collide head-on
对帐 duì zhàng variant of 對賬|对账[dui4zhang4]
对歌 duì gē answering phrase of duet / to sing antiphonal answer
对仗 duì zhàng antithesis (two lines of poetry matching in sense and sound) / to fight / to wage war
对半 duì bàn half-and-half / 50-50 / to double
对襟 duì jīn buttoned Chinese jacket
对案 duì àn counterproposal
对杯 duì bēi to raise glasses together / to toast one another
对本 duì běn (a return) equal to the capital / 100 percent profit
对表 duì biǎo to set or synchronize a watch
对标 duì biāo to compare a product with (a rival product) / to benchmark against (another product)
对簿 duì bù to confront sb with accusation / written charge in court (in former times) / to take sb to court
对衬 duì chèn to serve as foil to one another
对刺 duì cì bayonet practice in pairs
对词 duì cí (of actors) to practice lines together / to rehearse a dialogue
对岛 Duì dǎo Tsushima islands, between Japan and South Korea
对地 duì dì targeted (e.g. attacks)
对赌 duì dǔ to place a bet (with sb) / to take a risk (with one's time and effort etc, e.g. on a business venture)
对工 duì gōng proper
对过 duì guò across / opposite / the other side
对合 duì hé a profit equal to the amount one invested / (math.) involution
对火 duì huǒ to use the tip of another person’s lit cigarette to light one's own
对家 duì jiā partner (in four person game) / family of proposed marriage partner
对劲 duì jìn suitable / to one's liking / to get along together
对句 duì jù couplet
对课 duì kè to give answering phrase (school exercise in memory or composition)
对马 Duì mǎ Tsushima Island, between Japan and South Korea
对骂 duì mà to hurl abuse / to trade insults / slanging match
对亲 duì qīn courting / meeting for purpose of marriage / to settle into a relationship
对上 duì shàng to fit one into the other / to bring two things into contact
对生 duì shēng (botany) opposite leaf arrangement / paired leaf arrangement
对视 duì shì to look face to face
对物 duì wù in rem
对消 duì xiāo in equilibrium / to cancel out (of opposite forces) (physics)
对心 duì xīn congenial / to one's liking
对幺 duì yāo pair of aces (in dominoes) / double one
对映 duì yìng to be the mirror image of sth / enantiomorphic / antipodal / enantiomeric (chemistry)
对账 duì zhàng to verify accounting records
对证 duì zhèng confrontation
对酌 duì zhuó to sit face-to-face and drink
对子 duì zi pair of antithetical phrases / antithetical couplet
对嘴 duì zuǐ to lip-sync
对坐 duì zuò to sit facing each other
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对不起 duì bu qǐ I'm sorry / excuse me / I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down / to disappoint
对话框 duì huà kuàng dialog box (computing)
对不对 duì bù duì right or wrong? / Is it right? / OK, yes? (colloquial)
对讲机 duì jiǎng jī intercom / walkie-talkie
对比度 duì bǐ dù contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup) / degree of contrast
对得起 duì de qǐ not to let sb down / to treat sb fairly / be worthy of
对对碰 duì duì pèng concentration (a pair-matching game)
对不住 duì bu zhù to let sb down / to be unfair / I'm sorry / pardon me (formal)
对抗赛 duì kàng sài duel / match / competition between paired opponents (e.g. sporting)
对照表 duì zhào biǎo comparison table
对照组 duì zhào zǔ control group
对立面 duì lì miàn opposite / antonym / the opposite side (in a conflict)
对角线 duì jiǎo xiàn (geometry) a diagonal
对抗性 duì kàng xìng antagonistic
对称性 duì chèn xìng symmetry
对称轴 duì chèn zhóu axis of symmetry / central axis (in Chinese architecture)
对对子 duì duì zǐ to supply the answering phrase
对口型 duì kǒu xíng lip synching
对流层 duì liú céng troposphere / lower atmosphere
对应方  counterpart
对账单  statement
对接舱  docking module / docking unit
对苯醌 duì běn kūn 1,4-benzoquinone (chemistry) / para-benzoquinone
对比色 duì bǐ sè color contrast
对不上 duì bù shàng to disagree / I can't agree with that.
对茬儿 duì chá r to agree with / of the same opinion / to coincide
对称美 duì chèn měi symmetry (as an aesthetic quality)
对顶角 duì dǐng jiǎo angle to the vertical / angle (between two lines or two planes)
对敌者 duì dí zhě rival
对对子 duì duì zi to supply the answering phrase
对工儿 duì gōng r proper
对号座 duì hào zuò reserved seat / assigned seat
对话课 duì huà kè conversation class
对劲儿 duì jìn r erhua variant of 對勁|对劲[dui4 jin4]
对抗药 duì kàng yào antagonist
对抗者 duì kàng zhě adversary / opponent
对口词 duì kǒu cí dialogue (for stage performance)
对口径 duì kǒu jìng to arrange to give the same story
对马岛 Duì mǎ Dǎo Tsushima Island, between Japan and South Korea
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面对 miàn duì to face / to confront
绝对 jué duì absolute / unconditional
针对 zhēn duì to target / to focus on / to be aimed at or against / in response to
相对 xiāng duì relatively / opposite / to resist / to oppose / relative / vis-a-vis / counterpart
反对 fǎn duì to oppose / to be against / to object to
不对 bù duì incorrect / wrong / amiss / abnormal / queer
一对 yī duì couple / pair
应对 yìng duì to answer / to reply / to handle / to deal with / response
派对 pài duì (loanword) party
核对 hé duì to check / to verify / to audit / to examine
校对 jiào duì proofreader / to proofread / to calibrate
正对 zhèng duì directly facing
敌对 dí duì hostile / enemy (factions) / combative
作对 zuò duì to set oneself against / to oppose / to make a pair
配对 pèi duì to pair up / to match up / to form a pair (e.g. to marry) / to mate / matched pair
比对 bǐ duì comparison / to verify by comparing
答对 dá duì (usually used in the negative) to answer or reply to sb's question
愧对 kuì duì to be ashamed to face (sb) / to feel bad about having failed (sb)
背对 bèi duì to have one's back towards
查对 chá duì to scrutinize / to examine / to check
成对 chéng duì to form a pair
酬对 chóu duì (literary) to reply / to answer
挤对 jǐ duì (coll.) to mock / to bully / to force (a concession out of sb)
门对 mén duì couplet (hung on each side of the door frame)
斜对 xié duì catty-corner / to be diagonally opposite to
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techno派对 technopài duì techno-parties
针对性 zhēn duì xìng focus / direction / purpose / relevance
面对面 miàn duì miàn face to face
不对劲 bù duì jìn not in good condition / wrong / fishy
不对称 bù duì chèn unsymmetrical / asymmetric
点对点 diǎn duì diǎn p2p (peer-to-peer)
绝对值 jué duì zhí absolute value
反对派 fǎn duì pài opposition faction
相对论 xiāng duì lùn theory of relativity
死对头 sǐ duì tou arch-enemy / sworn enemy
反对票 fǎn duì piào dissenting vote
反对党 fǎn duì dǎng opposition (political) party
不对头 bù duì tóu fishy / not right / amiss
非对称 fēi duì chèn asymmetric
找对象 zhǎo duì xiàng to seek a marriage partner / looking for a mate
结对子 jié duì zǐ to form pairs / to twin
空对空  air to air
背对背 bèi duì bèi back to back
空对地 kōng duì dì air-to-surface (missile)
右对齐 yòu duì qí to right justify (typography)
核对表  checklist
不对盘 bù duì pán (of a person) objectionable / (of two people) to find each other disagreeable
超对称 chāo duì chèn supersymmetry
打对台 dǎ duì tái to compete / to rival
打对仗 dǎ duì zhàng to compete
敌对性 dí duì xìng hostile / hostility
反对国 fǎn duì guó objecting State
公对公 gōng - duì - gōng B2B / business-to-business / (of a connector) male-to-male
核对峙 hé duì zhì nuclear stalemate
碱基对 jiǎn jī duì base pair (molecular biology)
校对员 jiào duì yuán proofreader
结对子 jié duì zì (of two parties, e.g. police and the community) to team up / to pair up / to form a cooperative association
结对子 jié duì zi (of two parties, e.g. police and the community) to team up / to pair up / to form a cooperative association
绝对法 jué duì fǎ jus cogens
绝对权 jué duì quán (law) absolute rights / erga omnes rights
配对儿 pèi duì r matched pair
热对流 rè duì liú heat convection
头对头 tóu duì tóu (of clinical trial) head-to-head
相对象 xiàng duì xiàng to meet a possible marriage partner
一对儿 yī duì r a pair / a couple
一对一 yī duì yī one-to-one / one-on-one
左对齐 zuǒ duì qí to left justify (typography)
竞争对手 jìng zhēng duì shǒu rival / competitor
针锋相对 zhēn fēng xiāng duì to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom) / tit for tat / measure for measure
门当户对 mén dāng hù duì the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) / (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match
中英对照 Zhōng Yīng duì zhào Chinese English parallel texts
棋逢对手 qí féng duì shǒu to be evenly matched / to meet one's match
文不对题 wén bù duì tí irrelevant / beside the point
唱对台戏 chàng duì tái xì to put on a rival show (idiom) / to set oneself up against sb / to get into confrontation
成双作对 chéng shuāng zuò duì see 成雙成對|成双成对[cheng2 shuang1 cheng2 dui4]
绝对高度 jué duì gāo dù absolute temperature
绝对零度 jué duì líng dù absolute zero
绝对湿度 jué duì shī dù absolute humidity
绝对温度 jué duì wēn dù absolute temperature
牛衣对泣 niú yī duì qì couple living in destitute misery (idiom)
死无对证 sǐ wú duì zhèng the dead cannot testify (idiom) / dead men tell no tales
无言可对 wú yán kě duì unable to reply (idiom) / left speechless / at a loss for words
相对湿度 xiāng duì shī dù relative humidity
应对如流 yìng duì rú liú to respond fluently / to answer smartly
相对年代  relative chronology
相对捐助  matching contribution
敌对行动  hostile action
内部对应  internal matching
相对人员  counterpart personnel
绝对比重  specific gravity
相对多数  plurality / simple majority
绝对粘度  absolute viscosity / dynamic viscosity
相对优势  comparative advantage
区别对待  double standard
电子对抗  electronic attack / electronic countermeasures
相对深度  relative depth
相对定位  relative positioning
成对产卵  paired spawning
应对能力  coping capacity
关注对象  persons of concern to UNHCR / persons of concern
事实核对  fact-checking
相对频数  relative frequency
目标对象  target audience
相对误差  relative error
绝对回避  peremptory challenge
班荆相对 bān jīng xiāng duì to treat sb with courtesy (idiom)
保长对应 bǎo cháng duì yìng (math.) distance-preserving correspondence / isometry
保角对应 bǎo jiǎo duì yìng (math.) distance-preserving correspondence / conformal map
不对碴儿 bù duì chá r not proper / not fit for the occasion
不对劲儿 bù duì jìn r erhua variant of 不對勁|不对劲[bu4 dui4 jin4]
瞠目以对 chēng mù yǐ duì to return only a blank stare / to stare back
成双成对 chéng shuāng chéng duì to form pairs / to be in couples
反对程序 fǎn duì chéng xù objection procedure / opting-out clause
反对方面 fǎn duì fāng miàn opposing party
梵汉对音 fàn hàn duì yīn Sanskrit-Chinese transliteration
辐射对称 fú shè duì chèn radial symmetry
核对帐目 hé duì zhàng mù to verify accounting records
互动对话 hù dòng duì huà interactive dialogue
碱基配对 jiǎn jī pèi duì base pairing (e.g. adenine A 腺嘌呤 / pairs with thymine T 胸腺嘧啶 / in DNA) / base pair
今昔对比 jīn xī duì bǐ to contrast past suffering with present happiness (idiom)
绝对定位 jué duì dìng wèi absolute positioning / astro-geodetic positioning
绝对地址 jué duì dì zhǐ absolute address (computing)
绝对多数 jué duì duō shù absolute majority
绝对观念 jué duì guān niàn absolute idea (in Hegel's philosophy)
绝对连续 jué duì lián xù absolutely continuous (math.)
绝对年代 jué duì nián dài absolute chronology
绝对贫穷 jué duì pín qióng absolute poverty
绝对深度 jué duì shēn duó absolute depth
绝对数字 jué duì shù zì absolute (as opposed to relative) number
绝对误差 jué duì wù chā absolute error
绝对星等 jué duì xīng děng absolute magnitude
绝对优势 jué duì yòu shì absolute advantage
居中对齐 jū zhōng duì qí centered alignment (typography)
拉帮挤对 lā bāng jǐ duì mobbing
冷漠对待 lěng mò duì dài cold and detached towards sb / lack of regard / indifference / neglect
两岸对话 liǎng àn duì huà bilateral talks
两侧对称 liǎng cè duì chèn bilateral symmetry
强烈反对 qiáng liè fǎn duì to oppose strongly / violently opposed to
千碱基对 qiān jiǎn jī duì kilobase pair (molecular biology)
全国对话 quán guó duì huà national dialogue
森林对话 sēn lín duì huà The Forest Dialogue
审计对象 shěn jì duì xiàng auditee / audited entity
四目相对 sì mù xiāng duì (of two people) to look into each other's eyes
诉讼对方 sù sòng duì fāng opposing party
天生一对 tiān shēng yī duì a match made in heaven / a perfect couple
无言以对 wú yán yǐ duì to be left speechless / unable to respond
相对比较 xiāng duì - bǐ jiào relatively / comparatively
相对地址 xiāng duì dì zhǐ relative address (computing)
相对而言 xiāng duì ér yán relatively speaking / comparatively speaking
相对论性 xiāng duì lùn xìng relativistic (physics)
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