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核对

héduì

to check against; to verify by comparison

A person compares two sheets of paper side by side
Memory picture

Characters in this word

核 hé

Strokes
10
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 亥 12th terrestrial branch
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 核

对 duì

Strokes
5
Radical
寸 — inch
Made of
又 and, also, again, in addition 寸 inch
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 财务人员在付款前反复核对账号,避免把款项转入错误账户。 Cáiwù rényuán zài fùkuǎn qián fǎnfù héduì zhànghào, bìmiǎn bǎ kuǎnxiàng zhuǎn rù cuòwù zhànghù. Finance staff repeatedly check the account number before payment to avoid transferring funds to the wrong account.
  • 请核对一下你的名字和身份证号码。 Qǐng héduì yíxià nǐ de míngzi hé shēnfènzhèng hàomǎ. Please check your name and ID number.
  • 老师让我们核对答案,找出自己的错误。 Lǎoshī ràng wǒmen héduì dá'àn, zhǎochū zìjǐ de cuòwù. The teacher had us check our answers against the key to find our own mistakes.

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