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矛盾

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矛盾

  • máodùn Mandarin, Pinyin
  • máoshǔn Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄇㄠˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • ㄇㄠˊ ㄕㄨㄣˇ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • maau⁴ teon⁵ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • màu-tún Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • màu-dōng Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • bâu-tún Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • mâu-tún Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • mô͘-tún Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • ⁶mau-den Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • ⁶meu-den Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • máodùn Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄇㄠˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • máodùn Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • mao²-tun⁴ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • máu-dwùn Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • mauduenn Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • маодунь Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /mɑʊ̯³⁵ tu̯ən⁵¹/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • máoshǔn Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄇㄠˊ ㄕㄨㄣˇ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • máoshǔn Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • mao²-shun³ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • máu-shwǔn Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • maushoen Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • маошунь Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /mɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA

Where it comes from

來自《韓非子》的故事。（大約西元前二世紀）

noun 矛楯

  1. 字面意思 矛與盾。
  2. figuratively 對立、不一致、互不相容的事物或關係。 加劇矛盾
  3. 指互相依賴又互相排斥的關係。

adjective 矛楯

  1. 對立的、不一致的 他的心裡很矛盾。

Similar: 糾結, 纠结

Thesaurus

adjective

Similar: 糾結, 纠结

In English

  • ambivalent experiencing or expressing opposing feelings
  • contradiction statement that contradicts itself
  • antinomy (epistemology, logic) apparent contradiction between valid conclusions
  • paradox apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true

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"矛盾." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%9F%9B%E7%9B%BE. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

矛盾. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%9F%9B%E7%9B%BE

Chicago

"矛盾." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%9F%9B%E7%9B%BE.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {矛盾},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%9F%9B%E7%9B%BE},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}