对手 duìshǒu▶ Đối thủ

Stroke order

对手 is written in 9 strokes across 2 characters.

• 对 — 5 strokes
• 手 — 4 strokes

Senses

1. opponent
2. rival
3. competitor
4. (well-matched) adversary
5. match

Related words

• 分手Chia tay, tan vỡ
• 对待đối xử
• 对方bên kia
• 对比Sự tương phản
• 对象vật thể; phản đối
• 手套găng tay

对手 is pronounced duìshǒu and means “Đối thủ”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 对手 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.