对 (對) duì

1. duì preposition to; toward
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Object 对象
   Notes: As a directive preposition (Guoyu '對' prep; Sun 2006, loc. 1743; XHZD '对' 5, pp. 165-166)
2. duì verb to oppose; to face; to regard
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '對' v 4; Kroll 2015 '對' 1, p. 95; Unihan '對'; XHZD '对' 2, p. 165)
3. duì adjective correct; right
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '對' adj 2; Unihan '對'; XHZD '对' 9, p. 166)
4. duì measure word pair
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (Guoyu '對' n 3; Kroll 2015 '對' 4, p. 95; XHZD '对' 12, p. 166)
5. duì adjective opposing; opposite
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '對' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '對' 1b, p. 95; XHZD '对' 3, p. 165)
6. duì noun duilian; couplet
   Domain: Literature 文学
   Notes: An abbreviation for 对联, a popular form of poetry of two lines, often used for inscrptions (Guoyu '對' n 2; Idema and Haft 1997, p. 108).
7. duì verb yes; affirmative
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In response to a yes; no question (Guoyu '對' v 1; Sun 2006, loc. 1903)
8. duì verb to treat; to regard
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '對' v 3; XHZD '对' 6, p. 166)
9. duì verb to confirm; to agree
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 相合 or 投合 (Guoyu '對' v 5)
10. duì verb to correct; to make conform; to check
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '對' v 7; XHZD '对' 7, p. 166)
11. duì verb to mix
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '對' v 9; XHZD '对' 11, p. 166)
12. duì noun a pair
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '對' n 1; Kroll 2015 '對' 2, p. 95; XHZD '对' 10, p. 166)
13. duì verb to respond; to answer
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '對' 1a, p. 95; XHZD '对' 1, p. 165)
14. duì adjective mutual
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (XHZD '对' 4, p. 165)
15. duì verb parallel; alternating
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Of literary composition (Kroll 2015 '對' 2a, p. 95)
16. duì noun a command to appear as an audience
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: To the ruler (Kroll 2015 '對' 3, p. 95)

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• 对口型(對口型) lip synching
• 绝对大多数(絕對大多數) an absolute majority; an overwhelming majority
• 对工(對工) proper
• 对数函数(對數函數) logarithmic function
• 对亲(對親) courting; meeting for purpose of marriage; to settle into a relationship
• 死对头(死對頭) arch-enemy; sworn enemy
• 一多对应(一多對應) one-to-many correspondence
• 对杯(對杯) to raise glasses together; to toast one another
• 校对人(校對人) proofreader
• 对流层(對流層) troposphere
• 冤家对头(冤家對頭) enemy; opponent; arch-enemy
• 对日(對日) (policy etc) towards Japan
• 绝对(絕對) absolutely; definitely ; absolute; unconditional ; extremely
• 瞠目以对(瞠目以對) to return only a blank stare; to stare back
• 对事不对人(對事不對人) it's nothing personal
• 抵对(抵對) to reply
• 反对党(反對黨) opposition (political) party
• 对着和尚骂贼秃(對著和尚罵賊禿) to curse a baldhead to a monk's face; to scold somebody indirectly; to criticize obliquely
• 对着干(對著幹) to adopt confrontational posture; to meet head-on; to compete
• 中英文对照(中英文對照) Chinese-English parallel texts
• 对方付费电话(對方付費電話) collect call
• 对眼(對眼) to squint; to one's liking
• 对待(對待) to treat ; to handle
• 地对空导弹(地對空導彈) ground-to-air missile
• 一一对应(一一對應) one-to-one correspondence
• 挤对(擠對) to mock; to bully; to force (a concession out of)
• 对照(對照) to contrast; to compare
• 答对(答對) (usually used in the negative) to answer or reply to somebody's question
• 诏对(詔對) verbal commands issued by the emperor
• 不怕神一样的对手，就怕猪一样的队友(不怕神一樣的對手，就怕豬一樣的隊友) a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent
• 班荆相对(班荊相對) to treat somebody with courtesy
• 对外(對外) external; foreign; pertaining to external or foreign affairs
• 对照表(對照表) comparison table
• 针对性(針對性) focus; direction
• 对曰(對曰) to reply
• 对不上(對不上) to disagree; I can't agree with that.
• 找对象(找對象) to seek a marriage partner; looking for a mate
• 一对儿(一對兒) a pair; a couple
• 对幺(對么) pair of aces (in dominoes); double one
• 道德绝对主义(道德絕對主義) moral absolutism
• 对调(對調) to swap places; to exchange roles
• 点对点加密(點對點加密) end-to-end encryption
• 一对一斗牛(一對一鬥牛) one-on-one basketball game
• 对阵(對陣) poised for battle; to square up for a fight
• 自动对焦(自動對焦) autofocus
• 对白(對白) dialogue (in a movie or a play)
• 对酒当歌(對酒當歌) sing to accompany wine; life is short, make merry while you can
• 对表(對錶) to set or synchronize a watch

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