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Definition 2024


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Translingual

Stroke order
Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Han character

(radical 41 +11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿土木戈 (TGDI), four-corner 34100, composition ⿰⿱𦍌)

References


Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*tuːbs
*tuːbs, *tubs
*duːbs
*duːbs
*dubs

Ideogrammic compound (會意) :  +  + .

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (5)
Final () (42)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
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
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;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 2580
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tuːbs/

Definitions

  1. correct; true; right
    /    Nǐ shuō duì le.   You're right.
  2. towards; to
    任何藥物過敏 [MSC, trad.]
    任何药物过敏 [MSC, simp.]
    duì rènhé yàowù guòmǐn ma? [Pinyin]
    Are you allergic to any medications?
  3. concentrated towards
  4. towards; facing
  5. regarding; about
  6. paired; contrasting
    /    duìzhào   a comparison; to contrast
    中日 / 中日   zhōngrì duì   Chinese-Japanese bilingual text
  7. pair
  8. Classifier for pair of objects: pair
    / [Cantonese]   loeng5deoi3 haai4 [Jyutping]   two pairs of shoes
  9. according to
  10. versus, vs.

Synonyms

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(dae) (hangeul )

  1. 대할 對

Definitions

  1. 對 face, oppose; opposite( 대할 )
  2. 對立 be facing, antagonistic 대립
  3. 對策 means or measure to counter a recognized problem 대책
  4. 對象者 object (as of a policy), subject (as of an investigation) 대상자
  5. 絶對 absolute 절대 (절대존재 the Absolute being 絶對存在)

Vietnamese

Han character

(đối, đỗi, dối, đôi, nhói, tối, tụi)

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