đối kháng
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 對抗, composed of 對 (“to match”) and 抗 (“to oppose”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗoj˧˦ xaːŋ˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗoj˨˩˦ kʰaːŋ˦˧˥] ~ [ʔɗoj˨˩˦ xaːŋ˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗoj˦˥ kʰaːŋ˦˥] ~ [ʔɗoj˦˥ xaːŋ˦˥]
Verb
đối kháng
- to confront
- (figuratively) to face each other in combat
- Thể thao đối kháng ― Combat Sports (sports to face each other in combat)
- game đối kháng ― fighting game (game to face each other in combat)
- to antagonize
- thuốc đối kháng thụ thể ― receptor antagonists (medicine to antagonize receptors)