HSK 6 · Verbs

对付 duìfu “to deal with” in Chinese

Traditional 對付

What 对付 means

  1. to deal with
  2. to cope with
  3. to make do
  4. to handle
  5. to tackle
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to get by with
  • (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb)

How to say 对付

  • 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 neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own付funeutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

对付 in a sentence

  1. 他很难对付。

    Tā hěn nán duìfu.

    He’s hard to deal with.

    Sentence #846352 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 对付 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 付 (fù) with each of its parts in a different colour
付fùto paylight in 对付
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 寸inch · cùn

How to write 对付

对 5 strokes · 付 5 strokes

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

Words related to 对付

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 付

付款fùkuǎn · to pay a sum of money应付yìngfu · to deal with

More words: Common Verbs

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)断绝duànjué · to break off堆积duījī · to pile up对抗duìkàng · to resist杜绝dùjué · to put an end to堕落duòluò · to degenerate

FAQs

对付 (duìfu) means “to deal with” or “to cope with”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it duìfu: duì with a 4th tone, then fu with a neutral 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, 对付 is written 對付. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type duifu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 对付 from the suggestions. Typing duifu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
对付 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.