校对
jiàoduìTraditional: 校對
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Translation
to proofread, proofreading
Word origin
A compound of 校 (jiào, to check, to collate) and 对 (duì, to match, to verify), together meaning to compare a text against the original to catch errors. The simplified 对 derives from 對.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 校 (jiào, to collate) + 对 (duì, to verify)
Stroke order
校
对
Examples
篇章。
I am proofreading this article.
仔细遍。
Please proofread it carefully once.
。
Proofreading takes a lot of time.
稿。
She is in charge of proofreading the manuscript.
版。
After proofreading it still needs typesetting.
校对 (jiào duì) means to proofread or proofreading. It is used for checking written text against an original for mistakes.
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