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核对 (hé duì) — to check, to verify; to audit (financial records)

Definition

Mid-to-formal verb 'to check, verify' — stronger than 确认 (simply confirm) and broader than 审核 (review for approval). Pairs with specific items like numbers, data, or accounts.

verb
to checkto verifyto audit (financial records)

Examples

  • 核对。
    Qǐng zài hé duì yí xià zhè ge hào mǎ.
    Please check this number again.
  • 核对。
    Tā yǐ jīng hé duì guò suǒ yǒu shù jù le.
    He has already verified all the data.
  • 核对。
    Gōng sī měi nián dōu huì hé duì zhàng mù.
    The company audits the accounts every year.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

核hécheck
对duìmatch

Both 核 and 对 convey checking and matching, so together they mean to verify.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
亥
亥hài核hé
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

核 pairs 木, a tree, with 亥 to give its sound; it originally named a kind of tree, and its later meanings are borrowed.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 對; 对 is its simplified writing.

For the traditional form 對, the shape comes from an early drawing of 丵 (a digging tool), 土 (earth), and 又 (a hand); it may have meant developing land.

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