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Object in Chinese

object · HSK 5

对象 duì xiàng

  1. 对 duì right
  2. 象 xiàng elephant

Counted with 个: 一个对象 yí gè duìxiàng

这本书的对象是小学生。 This book is aimed at primary school students.

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How do you say object in Chinese?

Object in Chinese is 对象 (duì xiàng). You can also say 事物 (shì wù), 物体 (wù tǐ).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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