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對
對
See also: 对
Translingual
| Stroke order | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| Traditional | 對 |
|---|---|
| Shinjitai | 対 |
| Simplified | 对 |
Han character
對 (radical 41 寸+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿土木戈 (TGDI), four-corner 34100, composition ⿰⿱业𦍌寸)
References
- KangXi: page 296, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7457
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 511, character 9
- Unihan data for U+5C0D
Chinese
| trad. | 對 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 对 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (對) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 對 | *tuːbs |
| 轛 | *tuːbs, *tubs |
| 薱 | *duːbs |
| 濧 | *duːbs |
| 懟 | *dubs |
Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 丵 + 士 + 寸.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): deoi3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tui
- Min Dong (BUC): dó̤i
- Min Nan (POJ): tùi / ùi
- Wu (Wiktionary): te (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ
- Wade-Giles: tui4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duey
- IPA (key): /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: deoi3
- Yale: deui
- Cantonese Pinyin: doey3
- IPA (key): /tɵy̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tui
- Hakka Romanization System: dui
- Hagfa Pinyim: dui4
- IPA: /tu̯i⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: dó̤i
- IPA (key): /tɔy²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùi / ùi
- Tâi-lô: tuì / uì
- Phofsit Daibuun: duix, uix
- IPA (Xiamen): /tui²¹/, /ui²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tui⁴¹/, /ui⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tui²¹/, /ui²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /tui¹¹/, /ui¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tui²¹/, /ui²¹/
- Note: ùi - towards (a place).
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: te (T2)
- IPA (key): /tᴇ³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 對 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 灰 (42) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 都隊切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/tuʌiH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/tuoiH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/tuɒiH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/twəjH/ |
| Li Rong |
/tuᴀiH/ |
| Wang Li |
/tuɒiH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/tuɑ̆iH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
duì |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 對 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
duì |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ twojH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[t]ˤ[u]p-s/ |
| English | respond |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 對 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2580 |
| Phonetic component |
對 |
| Rime group |
內 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
對 |
| Old Chinese |
/*tuːbs/ |
Definitions
對
- correct; true; right
- towards; to
- concentrated towards
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- 難忘妳對我那種體貼入微 時時刻刻腦海中都緊記 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
- 难忘妳对我那种体贴入微 时时刻刻脑海中都紧记 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
- From: 許冠傑, 難忘你
- naan4 mong4 nei5deoi3 ngo5 naa5 zung2 tai2 tip3 jap6 mei4; si4 si4 haak1 haak1 nou5 hoi2 zung1 dou1 gan2 gei3 [Jyutping]
- I can't forget that attention you gave me; it's still stuck fast in my mind all the time
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- towards; facing
- regarding; about
- paired; contrasting
- pair
- Classifier for pair of objects: pair
- according to
- versus, vs.
Synonyms
Compounds
Derived terms from 對
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Japanese
Kanji
對
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 対)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
對 • (dae) (hangeul 대)
- 대할 對
Definitions
- 對 face, oppose; opposite( 대할 )
- 對立 be facing, antagonistic 대립
- 對策 means or measure to counter a recognized problem 대책
- 對象者 object (as of a policy), subject (as of an investigation) 대상자
- 絶對 absolute 절대 (절대존재 the Absolute being 絶對存在)