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Mythic Mandarin

相对 (xiāng duì): meaning and stroke order

相对 (xiāng duì) means relatively, opposite, to resist, to oppose, relative, vis-a-vis, counterpart.

相对

Simplified
相对
Traditional
相對
Pinyin
xiāng duì

Stroke order of 相对

相

  • Xiāng surname Xiang
  • xiāng each other; one another
  • xiàng appearance; portrait
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

对

  • duì right; correct; towards; at; for
  • 5 strokes
  • Traditional form: 對

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 相对

  1. xiāng duì Traditional 相對
    • relatively
    • opposite
    • to resist
    • to oppose
    • relative
    • vis-a-vis
    • counterpart

Radicals of the characters

相
Radical 目 (Kangxi radical 109) · 9 strokes · 木 on the left, 目 on the right
对
Radical 寸 (Kangxi radical 41) · 5 strokes · 又 on the left, 寸 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

相对 in our stories

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  • 祝父已经把女儿许配给了有钱的马家。两人在楼台上相会，相对流泪，却无能为力。

    zhù fù yǐjīng bǎ nǚ'ér xǔpèi gěi le yǒuqián de mǎ jiā liǎng rén zài lóutái shàng xiānghuì xiāngduì liúlèi què wúnéngwéilì

    Her father had already betrothed her to the wealthy Ma family. The two met on a terrace and wept facing each other, but could do nothing.

    From the story The Butterfly Lovers HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 相对

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).