对象 (duì xiàng) — target; object (of research, criticism, etc.); boyfriend; girlfriend; romantic partner
Definition
对象 has two unrelated senses: a person you date ('partner' — usually disambiguated with 男朋友/女朋友), and the focus of an action or study ('target, object,' e.g. 调查的对象). Don't confuse the abstract 'object' sense with 事物 or 物体, which mean a physical thing.
noun
targetobject (of research, criticism, etc.)boyfriendgirlfriendromantic partner
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 对象？Nǐ duì xiàng shì zuò shén me gōng zuò de?What does your boyfriend/girlfriend do for work?
- 对象。Zhè cì diào chá de duì xiàng shì dà xué shēng.The target of this survey is college students.
- 对象。Tā pī píng de duì xiàng bú shì wǒ men gōng sī.The target of his criticism is not our company.
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