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对付

duì fu

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 對付

对付 (duì fu) means "to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with ". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 对付 means

1. to handle; to deal with; to tackle
2. to get by with; to make do
3. dialect(usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb)

The characters in 对付

• 对duìright; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding
• 付fùto pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things

Example sentences

• 他很难对付。
  Tā hěn nán duìfu.
  He is hard to deal with.
• 我对付困难。
  Wǒ duìfu kùnnan.
  I am dealing with difficulties.
• 如果必要的话，我不反对付特别费用。
  Rúguǒ bìyào dehuà, wǒ bù fǎnduì fù tèbié fèiyòng.
  If necessary, I have no objection to paying a special fee.

Where 对付 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · duān–dù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read duì fu correctly.
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