对边

對邊
duìbiān
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 opposite side (of an angle or a polygon)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Zài sānjiǎoxíng zhōng, dà jiǎo de duìbiān yě bǐjiào cháng.
In a triangle, the side opposite a larger angle is also longer.
HSK 7-9
平行四边形的两组对边分别相等。
Píngxíng sìbiānxíng de liǎng zǔ duìbiān fēnbié xiāngděng.
Both pairs of opposite sides of a parallelogram are equal.

Tips

usage
In a right triangle the sides are named from one acute angle: the 对边 faces it, the 邻边 runs beside it, and the 斜边 is the hypotenuse. So 正弦 (sine) is the 对边 over the 斜边, and 正切 (tangent) the 对边 over the 邻边.

Stroke Order

对 duì
边 biān