HSK 6 · Verbs

对照 duìzhào “to compare” in Chinese

Traditional 對照

What 对照 means

  1. to compare
  2. to contrast
  3. to check against
  4. to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts)
  5. to check

How to say 对照

  • 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照zhào4th tone, falling

对照 in a sentence

  1. 这是一张多语言的单词对照表。

    Zhè shì yì zhāng duō yǔyán de dāncí duìzhào biǎo.

    This is a multilingual word comparison table.

    Sentence #6031629 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 对照 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 照 (zhào) with each of its parts in a different colour
照zhàoto shine
  • 昭bright · zhāoSound part
  • 灬fire form of 火 · huǒMeaning part

灬 hints at the meaning (fire); 昭 (zhāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhào.

Memory aidFire 灬 under 昭 (zhāo) “bright”: to shine, to light up, and also a photo.

How to write 对照

对 5 strokes · 照 13 strokes

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

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

Words related to 对照

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 照

照顾zhàogu · take care of护照hùzhào · passport照片zhàopiàn · picture拍照pāizhào · to take a photo照相zhàoxiàng · to take a photo照相机zhàoxiàngjī · camera照zhào · to shine按照ànzhào · according to执照zhízhào · licence照常zhàocháng · as usual

More words: Thinking & Talking

答复dáfù · to reply叮嘱dīngzhǔ · to urge repeatedly断定duàndìng · to conclude督促dūcù · to supervise and urge发呆fādāi · to stare blankly发觉fājué · to discover反驳fǎnbó · to refute反思fǎnsī · to reflect on

FAQs

对照 (duìzhào) means “to compare” or “to contrast”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it duìzhào: duì with a 4th tone, then zhào 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, 对照 is written 對照. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type duizhao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 对照 from the suggestions. Typing duizhao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
对照 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.