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对抗

duì kàng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 對抗

对抗 (duì kàng) means "to withstand, confront". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 对抗 means

1. to withstand
2. to resist
3. to stand off
4. antagonism
5. confrontation

The characters in 对抗

• 对duìright; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding
• 抗kàngto resist; to fight; to defy

Example sentences

• 我在对抗睡魔。
  Wǒ zài duìkàng shuì mó.
  I fought against sleep.
• 总统呼吁全国民众在对抗贫穷或疾病的时候，一定要团结一致。
  Zǒngtǒng hūyù quánguó mínzhòng zài duìkàng pínqióng huò jíbìng de shíhou, yīdìngyào tuánjié yīzhì.
  The president called on the people to unite in fighting poverty and disease.
• 总统再次呼吁国会通过《薪酬公平法案》，该法案将加强《同工同酬法案》，并为女性提供更多对抗薪资歧视的工具。
  The President reiterated his call for Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act that would strengthen the Equal Pay Act and give women more tools to fight pay discrimination.

Words starting with 对抗

• 对抗赛duì kàng sàiduel; match; competition between paired opponents (e.g. sporting)
• 对抗性duì kàng xìngantagonistic
• 对抗者duì kàng zhěadversary; opponent

Where 对抗 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 kàng correctly.
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