IDENTITY
对duìcorrect; toward; to
HSK 1Top 720
CORE MEANING
correct; toward; to
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.correctHSK1
- 2.toward; toHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 寸inch radical (cùn)
- strokes
- 5
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰又寸
- hand
- measured inch; rightness by measure
USAGE
Common words
对不起duìbuqǐsorry
反对fǎnduìto oppose
对话duìhuàdialogue
Graded examples
对不起，我错了。Duìbuqǐ, wǒ cuò le.HSK1
Sorry, I was wrong.
RELATIONS
In these chengyu
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 双
- 时
LEARNING
Memory aid
A hand (又) checking a measure (寸) — correct.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #720
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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