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)

Contained in

• 对眼(對眼) to squint; to one's liking
• 对映异构(對映異構) enantiomeric isomerism
• 对表(對錶) to set or synchronize a watch
• 对质 confrontation ; to confront [a criminal]
• 对账(對賬) to verify accounting records
• 不对劲儿(不對勁兒) not in good condition
• 对折(對折) to discount by half ; to sell at a 50% discount; to fold in two
• 对局(對局) opposing sides (in chess etc); position (of opposing forces)
• 文不对题(文不對題) irrelevant; beside the point
• 对饮(對飲) to toast; to drink together
• 对曰(對曰) to reply
• 不对劲(不對勁) not in good condition; wrong; fishy
• 不对称(不對稱) unsymmetrical; asymmetric
• 五行对(五行對) regarding the five elements
• 约会对象(約會對象) partner for dating; a date (boyfriend or girlfriend)
• 对牛弹琴(對牛彈琴) to play the lute to a cow; offering a treat to an unappreciative audience; to cast pearls before swine; caviar to the general; to preach to deaf ears
• 广义相对论(廣義相對論) general relativity; general theory of relativity
• 反对党(反對黨) opposition (political) party
• 对半(對半) half
• 二元对立(二元對立) binary opposition; binary system
• 英汉对译(英漢對譯) English-Chinese parallel text
• 唱对台戏(唱對臺戲) to put on a rival show; to set oneself up against somebody; to get into confrontation
• 对课(對課) to give answering phrase (school exercise in memory or composition)
• 对称性(對稱性) symmetry
• 对称美(對稱美) symmetry (as an aesthetic quality)
• 保长对应(保長對應) distance-preserving correspondence; isometry
• 对付(對付) to handle; to deal with; to cope; to get by with
• 瞻对(瞻對) to visit the emperor
• 自发对称破缺(自發對稱破缺) spontaneous symmetry breaking
• 对联(對聯) duilian; couplet
• 校对员(校對員) proofreader
• 对换(對換) to exchange
• 反对派(反對派) opposition faction; opposition group
• 对心(對心) congenial; to one's liking
• 无言以对(無言以對) to be left speechless; unable to respond
• 对方付款电话(對方付款電話) collect call
• 对敌者(對敵者) rival
• 找对象(找對象) to seek a marriage partner; looking for a mate
• 对峙(對峙) to confront ; to contend against each other
• 作对(作對) to be hostile towards
• 对映(對映) to be the mirror image of something; enantiomorphic; antipodal; enantiomeric
• 无言可对(無言可對) unable to reply; left speechless; at a loss for words
• 对幺(對么) pair of aces (in dominoes); double one
• 对称破缺(對稱破缺) symmetry breaking
• 对于(對於) regarding; with regards to
• 一对儿(一對兒) a pair; a couple

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