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相对

xiāng duì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 相對

相对 (xiāng duì) means "relatively". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 相对 means

1. relatively
2. opposite
3. to resist
4. to oppose
5. relative
6. vis-a-vis
7. counterpart

The characters in 相对

• 相xiāngeach other; one another; mutually
• 对duìright; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding

Example sentences

• 财富是相对的。
  Wealth is relative.
• 时间是相对的。
  Time is relative.
• 一切事物皆是相对的。
  Everything is relative.
• 传统价值观是相对的。
  Traditional values are relative.

Words starting with 相对

• 相对论xiāng duì lùntheory of relativity
• 相对而言xiāng duì ér yánrelatively speaking; comparatively speaking
• 相对论性xiāng duì lùn xìngrelativistic (physics)
• 相对位置xiāng duì wèi zhirelative position
• 相对密度xiāng duì mì dùrelative density
• 相对象xiàng duì xiàngto meet a possible marriage partner
• 相对比较xiāng duì bǐ jiàorelatively; comparatively
• 相对地址xiāng duì dì zhǐrelative address (computing)
• 相对湿度xiāng duì shī dùrelative humidity

Words containing 相对

• 针锋相对zhēn fēng xiāng duìto oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat; measure for measure
• 非相对论性fēi xiāng duì lùn xìngnon-relativistic (physics)
• 广义相对论guǎng yì xiāng duì lùngeneral relativity; Einstein's theory of gravity
• 狭义相对论xiá yì xiāng duì lùnspecial relativity
• 四目相对sì mù xiāng duì(of two people) to look into each other's eyes

Where 相对 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Land, Regions & Comparisons (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiāng duì correctly.
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