duǐ / duì
verb #96,972

Meanings

  1. 1 to clap back at; to attack verbally; to publicly call out

Examples

Tā zhíjiē duǐ le huíqù.
He clapped right back at the troll's comment.
Bié shénme shì dōu shàngwǎng gēn rén duǐ.
Don't argue with everyone online over every little thing.

Tips

register
Very common internet slang reading : to hit back hard in an argument, especially online. It grew out of northern dialect and exploded on social media. The classical reading is ('resentment').

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

duǐ