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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• 棋逢对手(棋逢對手) to be evenly matched; to meet one's match
• 对家(對家) partner (in four person game); family of proposed marriage partner
• 对乙酰氨基酚(對乙酰氨基酚) paracetamol; acetaminophen
• 对事不对人(對事不對人) it's nothing personal
• 对号入座(對號入座) to take one's seat according to the ticket number; to put (things or people) in their right place
• 背对背(背對背) back to back
• 搀对(攙對) to mix; to add to
• 成对(成對) to form a pair
• 对口径(對口徑) to arrange to give the same story
• 碱基配对(鹼基配對) base pairing; base pair
• 对话(對話) dialog
• 面向对象的技术(面嚮對象的技術) object-oriented technology
• 面向对象语言(面嚮對象語言) object oriented language
• 两侧对称(兩側對稱) bilateral symmetry
• 中英文对照(中英文對照) Chinese-English parallel texts
• 班荆相对(班荊相對) to treat somebody with courtesy
• 道德绝对主义(道德絕對主義) moral absolutism
• 对曰(對曰) to reply
• 对衬(對襯) to serve as foil to one another
• 无言可对(無言可對) unable to reply; left speechless; at a loss for words
• 热对流(熱對流) heat convection
• 对阵(對陣) poised for battle; to square up for a fight
• 空对空导弹(空對空導彈) air-to-air missile
• 愧对(愧對) to be ashamed to face; to feel bad about having failed
• 冷漠对待(冷漠對待) cold and detached towards somebody; lack of regard; indifference; neglect
• 约会对象(約會對象) partner for dating; a date (boyfriend or girlfriend)
• 对路(對路) suitable; to one's liking
• 对外(對外) external; foreign; pertaining to external or foreign affairs
• 对付(對付) to handle; to deal with; to cope; to get by with
• 对症(對症) correct diagnosis; to prescribe the right cure for an illness; to suit the medicine to the illness
• 相对位置(相對位置) relative position
• 瞠目以对(瞠目以對) to return only a blank stare; to stare back
• 面对(面對) to face; to confront
• 对象(對象) partner ; target; object
• 派对(派對) party
• 非对称(非對稱) asymmetric
• 绝对(絕對) absolutely; definitely ; absolute; unconditional ; extremely
• 对课(對課) to give answering phrase (school exercise in memory or composition)
• 上有政策，下有对策(上有政策，下有對策) The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them.
• 绝对主义(絕對主義) absolutism
• 对比温度(對比溫度) temperature contrast; difference in temperature (of body to its surroundings)
• 对偶(對偶) dual; coupled ; antithesis
• 狭义相对论(狹義相對論) special relativity; the special theory of relativity
• 核对峙(核對峙) nuclear stalemate
• 打对台(打對台) to compete; to rival
• 对空射击(對空射擊) anti-aircraft fire; to shoot at enemy planes
• 对撞(對撞) to collide
• 道德相对主义(道德相對主義) moral relativism

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