匹敵

See also: 匹敌

Chinese

		(measure word for horses, mules, a bolt of cloth); ordinary person; mate (measure word for horses, mules, a bolt of cloth); ordinary person; mate; one of a pair	enemy; match
trad. (匹敵)		匹	敵
simp. (匹敌)		匹	敌

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pǐdí

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˇ ㄉㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pat¹ dik⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phit-tia̍k / phit-te̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pǐdí
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ ㄉㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pǐdí
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi³-ti²
  - Yale: pǐ-dí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piidyi
  - Palladius: пиди (pidi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pat¹ dik⁶
  - Yale: pāt dihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pat⁷ dik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ped¹ dig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐt̚⁵ tɪk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phit-tia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: phit-tia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phitdiak
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phit-te̍k
  - Tâi-lô: phit-ti̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phitdek
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰit̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪk̚¹²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /pʰit̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚⁴/

Verb

匹敵

to (be able to) compare with; to be equal to; to be on par with

Synonyms

(literary) 倫比／伦比 (lúnbǐ)

Derived terms

無可匹敵 / 无可匹敌

Japanese

Kanji in this term
匹	敵
ひつ > ひっ Grade: S	てき Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひってき [hìttékí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [çit̚te̞kʲi]

Noun

匹(ひっ)敵(てき) • (hitteki)

bearing comparison with, being on par with

Verb

匹(ひっ)敵(てき)する • (hitteki suru) suru (stem 匹(ひっ)敵(てき)し (hitteki shi), past 匹(ひっ)敵(てき)した (hitteki shita))

to equal, to match, to rival

Conjugation

Conjugation of "匹敵する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	匹敵し	ひってきし	hitteki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	匹敵し	ひってきし	hitteki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	匹敵する	ひってきする	hitteki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	匹敵する	ひってきする	hitteki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	匹敵すれ	ひってきすれ	hitteki sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	匹敵せよ¹ 匹敵しろ²	ひってきせよ¹ ひってきしろ²	hitteki seyo¹ hitteki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	匹敵される	ひってきされる	hitteki sareru
Causative	匹敵させる匹敵さす	ひってきさせるひってきさす	hitteki saseru hitteki sasu
Potential	匹敵できる	ひってきできる	hitteki dekiru
Volitional	匹敵しよう	ひってきしよう	hitteki shiyō
Negative	匹敵しない	ひってきしない	hitteki shinai
Negative continuative	匹敵せず	ひってきせず	hitteki sezu
Formal	匹敵します	ひってきします	hitteki shimasu
Perfective	匹敵した	ひってきした	hitteki shita
Conjunctive	匹敵して	ひってきして	hitteki shite
Hypothetical conditional	匹敵すれば	ひってきすれば	hitteki sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“匹敵”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026