HSK 5 · Verbs

对待 duìdài “to treat” in Chinese

Traditional 對待

What 对待 means

  1. to treat
  2. treatment

How to say 对待

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale对duì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale待dài4th tone, falling

对待 in a sentence

  1. 为什么他要这么对待你？

    Wèishénme tā yào zhème duìdài nǐ?

    Why did he treat you like that?

    Sentence #9989865 from Tatoeba

  2. 这样对待他似乎不太公平。

    Zhèyàng duìdài tā sìhū bú tài gōngpíng.

    It doesn’t seem very fair to treat him like this.

    Sentence #5026683 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你对待身边的人太冷漠了。

    Nǐ duìdài shēnbiān de rén tài lěngmò le.

    You are too indifferent to those around you.

    Sentence #2042179 from Tatoeba

How 对待 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 对 (duì) with each of its parts in a different colour
对duìright; correct
  • 又again · yòu
  • 寸inch · cùn

Memory aidPicture two hands, 又 and 寸, facing each other as a matching pair: opposite, correct.

The character 待 (dài) with each of its parts in a different colour
待dàito wait
  • 彳step · chì
  • 寺court · sì

How to write 对待

对 5 strokes · 待 9 strokes

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

Words related to 对待

Words with 对

对不起duìbuqǐ · sorry对duì · correct对话duìhuà · dialogue反对fǎnduì · to oppose对面duìmiàn · (sitting) opposite对于duìyú · regarding对方duìfāng · the other person对象duìxiàng · target对手duìshǒu · opponent对比duìbǐ · to contrast

Words with 待

待dāi · to stay接待jiēdài · to receive (visitors or guests)等待děngdài · to wait招待zhāodài · to hold a reception期待qīdài · to look forward to待遇dàiyù · treatment看待kàndài · to regard款待kuǎndài · to entertain (guests)亏待kuīdài · to treat unfairly虐待nüèdài · to abuse

More words: Common Verbs

逗dòu · to tease度过dùguò · to pass堆duī · to pile up对比duìbǐ · to contrast蹲dūn · to crouch躲藏duǒcáng · to conceal oneself发抖fādǒu · to tremble发挥fāhuī · to bring into play

FAQs

对待 (duìdài) means “to treat” or “treatment”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it duìdài: duì with a 4th tone, then dài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 对待 is written 對待. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type duidai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 对待 from the suggestions. Typing duidai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
对待 is an HSK 5 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.