怼

懟
duǐ / duì
verb #96,972

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 2
Bié shénme shì dōu shàngwǎng gēn rén duǐ.
Don't argue with everyone online over every little thing.
HSK 4
Tā zhíjiē duǐ le huíqù.
He clapped right back at the troll's comment.

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

Components

radical
心 xīn
heart; feeling
Bottom is the heart radical 心, placing this among emotion words - here a grudge held in the heart.
phonetic
对 duì
to face; opposite; sound element
Top 对 gives the reading duì; its 'facing / opposed' sense also colors the meaning - resentment is set against someone. Traditional 懟 uses the fuller 對.

Stroke Order

怼 duǐ