Word Meaning 匹敵

ひってき hitteki

匹敵 is read as ひってき (hitteki) and means to be a match for.

Meaning

English

  1. to be a match for
  2. to rival
  3. to equal
  4. to compare with
  5. to be equivalent to

Reading

Kana

ひってき

Romaji

hitteki

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 6082 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

素敵

すてき

lovely

てき

opponent

無敵

むてき

invincible

宿敵

しゅくてき

old enemy

不敵

ふてき

daring

強敵

きょうてき

formidable enemy

政敵

せいてき

political opponent

外敵

がいてき

foreign enemy

天敵

てんてき

natural enemy

大敵

たいてき

great rival

昨日の友は今日の敵

きのうのともはきょうのてき

a friend today may turn against you tomorrow

天下無敵

てんかむてき

peerless

Example Sentences

6

かれのじつりょくにひってきするせんしゅはすくない。

Few players can match his ability.

かれはわたしのひってきするあいてではない。

He is not my equal.

Nobody equals him in strength.

New York's Fifth Avenue is comparable to Ginza.

France can't be matched for good wine.

No other English dramatist rivals Shakespeare.