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针对

zhēn duì

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

针对 (zhēn duì) means "to target; with regard to". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 针对 means

1. to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to

How 针对 is used in grammar

针对 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• 对于/关于/针对: regarding/about (HSK 4)

The characters in 针对

• 针zhēnneedle; pin; injection
• 对duìright; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding

Example sentences

• 我们应该禁止针对儿童的广告。
  Wǒmen yīnggāi jìnzhǐ zhēnduì értóng de guǎnggào.
  We should ban advertising aimed towards children.
• 你在聚会中针对Lisa体重作出的评论是完全不适当的。
  Nǐ zài jùhuì zhōng zhēnduì Lisa tǐzhòng zuòchū de pínglùn shì wánquán bù shìdàng de.
  The remark you made at the party about Lisa's weight was totally uncalled for.
• 大多数针对性别肯定照护的禁令都针对阴阳人婴儿明确规定了唯一豁免，允许他们接受真正的儿童生殖器切割。
  Most bans on gender-affirming care explicitly carve out exceptions for the only actual child genital mutilation going on, that against intersex babies.
• 世卫组织负责人于周一表示，他将“在条件合适的情况下尽快”发起对本机构针对新冠疫情应对情况的独立调查。
  The head of the World Health Organization said Monday he will begin an independent evaluation of the U.N. health agency’s response to the coronavirus pandemic “at the earliest appropriate moment.”
• 巴西最高法院大法官亚历山大德莫赖斯因涉嫌在针对雅伊尔博索纳罗的案件中侵犯人权 (例如审查和任意拘留)，而受到《全球马格尼茨基人权问责法》的制裁。这些制裁引发了美国和巴西之间的外交和经济紧张局势。
  Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes was sanctioned under the Global Magnitsky Act for alleged rights violations, such as censorship and arbitrary detention, in the case against Jair Bolsonaro. The sanctions have sparked diplomatic and economic tensions between the US and Brazil.

Words starting with 针对

• 针对性zhēn duì xìngfocus; direction; purpose

Where 针对 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Praise, Blame & Social Judgment (HSK 5), 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 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhēn duì correctly.
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