Level 3 · Intermediate
Towards/regarding: 对
Subj. + 对 + Person/Thing + Verb/Adj. · Traditional: Subj. + 對 + Person/Thing + Verb/Adj.
对 (duì) points an attitude or effect at someone or something: 他对我很好 "he's good to me", 运动对身体有帮助 "exercise is good for your health". The 对-phrase comes before the verb or adjective, never after.
A few set combinations are worth memorizing as chunks: 对…好 "good to/for …", 对…感兴趣 "interested in …", 对…有帮助 "helpful for …". English says "interested IN", so learners reach for 在 — but Chinese wants 对.
Examples
他对我很好。
他對我很好。
tā duì wǒ hěn hǎo
He is very good to me.
我对中国历史很感兴趣。
我對中國歷史很感興趣。
wǒ duì zhōng guó lì shǐ hěn gǎn xìng qù
I'm very interested in Chinese history.
运动对身体有帮助。
運動對身體有幫助。
yùn dòng duì shēn tǐ yǒu bāng zhù
Exercise is good for your health.
喝太多咖啡对身体不好。
喝太多咖啡對身體不好。
hē tài duō kā fēi duì shēn tǐ bù hǎo
Drinking too much coffee is bad for you.
Common mistakes
✗ 他很好对我。
✓ 他对我很好。
The 对-phrase comes before the adjective or verb, not after it.
Related grammar points
See it in a story
Read this pattern in context: Playing the Qin to a Cow · The Dirty Window — free graded stories with tap-to-reveal pinyin and translations.
