抵抗 dǐkàng▶ resistencia

Stroke order

抵抗 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

• 抵 — 8 strokes
• 抗 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. to resist
2. resistance

Related words

• 反抗resistencia
• 对抗Combate
• 抗议Protesta; Protestar
• 抵制resistir; rechazar; repeler
• 抵达Llegar

抵抗 is pronounced dǐkàng and means “resistencia”. You will meet it in HSK 6, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 抵抗 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.