對偶

Chinese

		couple; pair; to be opposite couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards sth); right	accidental; image; pair accidental; image; pair; mate
trad. (對偶)		對	偶
simp. (对偶)		对	偶

Etymology

The mathematical sense is a phono-semantic matching of English dual.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duì'ǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): deoi³ ngau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duì'ǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duèi-ǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tui⁴-ou³
    • Yale: dwèi-ǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dueyoou
    • Palladius: дуйоу (dujou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ˀoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: deoi³ ngau⁵
    • Yale: deui ngáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doey³ ngau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dêu³ ngeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵy̯³³ ŋɐu̯¹³/

Noun

對偶

1. (rhetoric) antithesis
2. (mathematics) dual