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Chinese symbol for “adversarial”

敌对性
dí duì xìng
Traditional: 敵對性
hostility; antagonism; adversarial; hostile

The closest CC-CEDICT match for adversarial is 敌对性 (dí duì xìng), defined as: hostility; antagonism; adversarial; hostile.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

敌 dí
enemy, foe, rival; to match; to resist
radical 66 ⽁ · 10 strokes
对 duì
correct, right; facing, opposed
radical 41 ⼨ · 5 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 敌对性.

WordPinyinMeaning
敌人 (敵人)dí rénenemy; 个 (gè)
无敌 (無敵)wú díunequalled; without rival
敌对 (敵對)dí duìhostile; enemy (factions)
敌军 (敵軍)dí jūnenemy troops; hostile forces
敌方 (敵方)dí fāngenemy
敌意 (敵意)dí yìenmity; hostility
对于 (對於)duì yúregarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
反对 (反對)fǎn duìto oppose; to be against; to object to
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex

See also: Japanese symbol for “adversarial”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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