HSK 6 · Verbs

抵抗 dǐkàng “to resist” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 抵抗 means

  1. to resist
  2. resistance

How to say 抵抗

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale抵dǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale抗kàng4th tone, falling

抵抗 in a sentence

  1. 我抵抗不了甜食的诱惑。

    Wǒ dǐkàng bu liǎo tiánshí de yòuhuò.

    I can’t resist sweet things.

    Sentence #8692947 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 难以抵抗给句子押韵的愿望。

    Nányǐ dǐkàng gěi jùzi yāyùn de yuànwàng.

    It’s hard to resist the urge to make sentences rhyme.

    Sentence #10045058 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 抵抗 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 抵 (dǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
抵dǐto press against; to support; to prop up
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 氐the name of an ancient tribe · dǐSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 氐 (dǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with dǐ.

The character 抗 (kàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
抗kàngto resist
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 亢high · kàng

How to write 抵抗

抵 8 strokes · 抗 7 strokes

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抵抗 (dǐkàng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 抵抗 (dǐkàng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 抵抗

Words with 抵

抵制dǐzhì · to boycott抵达dǐdá · to arrive

Words with 抗

对抗duìkàng · to resist反抗fǎnkàng · to resist抗议kàngyì · to protest

More words: Common Verbs

点缀diǎnzhuì · to decorate吊diào · to hang叼diāo · to hold in the mouth跌diē · to fall盯dīng · to stare at动手dòngshǒu · to start work东张西望dōngzhāngxīwàng · to look around in all directions端duān · to carry (level with both hands)

FAQs

抵抗 (dǐkàng) means “to resist” or “resistance”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dǐkàng: dǐ with a 3rd tone, then kàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 抵抗 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dikang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 抵抗 from the suggestions. Typing dikang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
抵抗 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.