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对 duì — “right, correct”

How to write and say the Chinese character 对 (duì), which means right, correct — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Little glue words.

Pinyin · 拼音 duì
Meaning · 意思 right, correct
Strokes · 笔画 5
Radical · 部首 寸 (inch)
Hear it · 听发音
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Stroke order笔顺

对 is written with 5 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

Picture it: a pair 又 of hands 寸.

A common word常用词

对duì不bu起qǐ

sorry

Example sentence例句

你nǐ答dá对duì了le!

You got it right!

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