HSK 6 · Verbs

对抗 duìkàng “to resist” in Chinese

Traditional 對抗

What 对抗 means

  1. to resist
  2. to oppose
  3. confrontation
  4. to withstand
  5. to stand off
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • antagonism

How to say 对抗

  • 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抗kàng4th tone, falling

对抗 in a sentence

  1. 我在对抗睡魔。

    Wǒ zài duìkàng shuìmó.

    I’m fighting off sleep.

    Sentence #1270575 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 对抗 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 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 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 对抗

对 5 strokes · 抗 7 strokes

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

Words related to 对抗

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 抗

抵抗dǐkàng · to resist反抗fǎnkàng · to resist抗议kàngyì · to protest

More words: Common Verbs

端duān · to carry (level with both hands)断绝duànjué · to break off对付duìfu · to deal with堆积duījī · to pile up杜绝dùjué · to put an end to堕落duòluò · to degenerate堵塞dǔsè · to block恶化èhuà · to worsen

FAQs

对抗 (duìkàng) means “to resist” or “to oppose”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it duìkàng: duì with a 4th 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 对抗 is written 對抗. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type duikang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 对抗 from the suggestions. Typing duikang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
对抗 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.