HSK 5 · Family

对方 duìfāng “the other person” in Chinese

Traditional 對方

What 对方 means

  1. the other person
  2. the other side
  3. the other party

How to say 对方

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale方fāng1st tone, high and level

对方 in a sentence

  1. 我们时常发照片给对方。

    Wǒmen shícháng fā zhàopiàn gěi duìfāng.

    We often send each other photos.

    Sentence #9489468 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他们不太认识对方。

    Tāmen bú tài rènshi duìfāng.

    They don’t know each other very well.

    Sentence #8962857 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 守门员用手碰到了球，裁判给了对方一个角球。

    Shǒuményuán yòng shǒu pèngdào le qiú, cáipàn gěi le duìfāng yí ge jiǎoqiú.

    When the goalkeeper handled the ball, the referee gave the other team a corner.

    Sentence #3579506 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 对方 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 方 (fāng) drawn as one shape
方fāngsquare

方 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 对方

对 5 strokes · 方 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 对方

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对象duìxiàng · target对手duìshǒu · opponent对比duìbǐ · to contrast对待duìdài · to treat

Words with 方

北方běifāng · north地方dìfang · place方便fāngbiàn · convenient南方nánfāng · the south西方xīfāng · the West东方dōngfāng · the East方便面fāngbiànmiàn · instant noodles方法fāngfǎ · method方面fāngmiàn · respect方向fāngxiàng · direction

More words: People, Body & Health

宝贝bǎobèi · baby成人chéngrén · adult宠物chǒngwù · house pet胆小鬼dǎnxiǎoguǐ · coward对象duìxiàng · target分手fēnshǒu · to break up妇女fùnǚ · woman姑姑gūgu · paternal aunt

FAQs

对方 (duìfāng) means “the other person” or “the other side”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it duìfāng: duì with a 4th tone, then fāng with a 1st 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, 对方 is written 對方. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type duifang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 对方 from the suggestions. Typing duifang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
对方 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.