标的

標的
biāodì
noun #30,452

Meanings

  1. 1 target
  2. 2 objective
  3. 3 subject matter (esp. of a contract or lawsuit)

Examples

Zhè cì pāimài de biāodì shì yī fú gǔ huà.
The subject of this auction is an antique painting.
Hétong biāodì bìxū míngquè.
The subject matter of a contract must be clearly specified.

Tips

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Note the reading: here is pronounced dì (the same dì as 目的 'goal'), not the much more common particle de. So 标的 = biāodì, not biāode. In legal/financial Chinese it specifically denotes the asset, right, or behavior that a contract or lawsuit is about.

Stroke Order

biāo
de