duì / duǐ
verb #96,972

Meanings

  1. 1 to resent; to hate
  2. 2 resentment; enmity

Examples

Suī sǐ wú duì.
Even facing death he held no resentment.
Jī jiǔ de yuànduì zhōngyú huà wéi gōngkāi de díyì.
Long-stored resentment finally turned to open hostility.

Tips

register
In this classical reading means 'resentment / to hate', literary and mostly in 怨怼. A separate spoken reading is the popular internet word for 'to clap back at someone'.

Components

radical
xīn
heart; feeling
Bottom is the heart radical , placing this among emotion words — here a grudge held in the heart.
phonetic
duì
to face; opposite; sound element
Top gives the reading duì; its 'facing / opposed' sense also colors the meaning — resentment is set against someone. Traditional uses the fuller .

Stroke Order

duì