對仗

Chinese

		couple; pair; to be opposite couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards something); right	battle
trad. (對仗)		對	仗
simp. (对仗)		对	仗

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duìzhàng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): deoi³ zoeng⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tùi-tiōng / tùi-tiǒng / tùi-tiāng

(Teochew, Peng'im): dui³ ziang⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: duìzhàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duèijhàng
  - Wade–Giles: tui⁴-chang⁴
  - Yale: dwèi-jàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dueyjanq
  - Palladius: дуйчжан (dujčžan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: deoi³ zoeng⁶
  - Yale: deui jeuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: doey³ dzoeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dêu³ zêng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵy̯³³ t͡sœːŋ²²/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    對仗 / 对仗
    對象 / 对象
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùi-tiōng
  - Tâi-lô: tuì-tiōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: duie'diong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tui²¹⁻⁵³ tiɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùi-tiǒng
  - Tâi-lô: tuì-tiǒng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tiɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùi-tiāng
  - Tâi-lô: tuì-tiāng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: duie'diang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tui²¹⁻⁵³ tiaŋ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dui³ ziang⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tùi tsiăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡siaŋ³⁵/

Verb

對仗

(poetry) to use antithesis; to have a matching of both sound and sense in two lines, sentences, etc., usually with the matching words in the same part of speech