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Relatively in Chinese: 相对 (xiāng duì)

xiāng duì

relatively

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 相對2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1relatively
  2. 2opposite
  3. 3to resist
  4. 4to oppose
  5. 5relative
  6. 6vis-a-vis
  7. 7counterpart

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对

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ㄒㄧㄤ

xiāng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄤ/ ang—/ first tone

ㄉㄨㄟˋ

duì

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

相对

Simplified

相對

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 相对于橙子，我更喜欢苹果。

    xiāng duì yú chéng zǐ， wǒ gèng xǐ huan píng guǒ。

    I prefer apples to oranges.

  • 我完全看不懂爱因斯坦的相对性理论。

    wǒ wán quán kàn bù dǒng ài yīn sī tǎn de xiāng duì xìng lǐ lùn。

    Einstein's theory of relativity is Greek to me.

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Related words

对

duì

right

相同

xiāng tóng

identical

相信

xiāng xìn

to be convinced (that sth is true)

对话

duì huà

to talk (with sb)

对面

duì miàn

(sitting) opposite

反对

fǎn duì

to oppose

互相

hù xiāng

each other

相反

xiāng fǎn

opposite

对比

duì bǐ

to contrast

对待

duì dài

to treat

对方

duì fāng

the other person

对手

duì shǒu

opponent

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