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<p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">关于</span>&#160;(<span class="pinyin">guānyú</span>) and&#160;<span class="hanzi">对于</span>&#160;(<span class="pinyin">duìyú</span>) seem similar, since both of these prepositions are used to point to specific people or things. However, when taking a closer look, the things they discuss and the angles they take are different.</p>

  <h2 id="different-points-of-emphasis">Different Points of Emphasis</h2>

  <p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">对于</span>&#160;looks towards the object referred to, and usually the person or object referred to has adopted a certain attitude or has come into some kind of situation.</p>

  <h3 id="examples-with-对于">Examples with&#160;<span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal;">对于</span></h3>

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      <li><span class="hanzi">对于 那 个 人 我 并 不 了解。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">I just don't understand that person.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">对于 我们 的 工作 表现，老板 很 满意。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">The boss is very satisfied with our performance.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">对于 这 件 事情 他 没什么 看法。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">He doesn't really have any opinion about this matter.</span></li>
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  <p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">关于</span>&#160;emphasizes a range, and it introduces all things that are related to it.</p>

  <h3 id="examples-with-关于">Examples with&#160;<span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal;">关于</span></h3>

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      <li><span class="hanzi">他 昨天 发表 了 一个 关于 中国 经济 的 演讲。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">He made a speech about Chinese economy yesterday.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">我 需要 写 一 篇 关于 中 美 文化 差异 的 文章。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">I need to write an article about the difference between China and America.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">关于 你 辞职 的 申请，公司 还 在 考虑。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">About your resignation, the company is still considering.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">关于 孩子 的 教育，她 跟 丈夫 的 看法 很 不 一样。</span>&#160;<span class="trans">About children's education, her opinion is very different from her husband's.</span></li>
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  <p>Notice that in the second example, if you were just to say "<span class="hanzi">老师说有很多毛病</span>" without first pointing out what it's referring to&#160;<span class="hanzi">学习方法</span>, it would cause some confusion.</p>

  <h2 id="using-关于-in-a-formal-way">Using&#160;<span class="hanzist">关于</span>&#160;in a Formal way</h2>

  <p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">关于</span>&#160;(<span class="pinyin">guānyú</span>) can also be used in the title of an article.</p>

  <h3 id="examples">Examples</h3>

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      <li><span class="hanzi">关于 部门 调整 和 人事 安排</span>&#160;&#160;<span class="trans">"Regarding Department Adjustments and Human Affairs"</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">关于 新年 放假 的通知</span>&#160;&#160;<span class="trans">A Notification regarding New Year vacations.</span></li>
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  <h2 id="situations-where-they-are-the-same">Situations where they are the same</h2>

  <p>When the point emphasized is pretty clear (whether it be a range or a specific thing), then you can use either.</p>

  <h3 id="examples-1">Examples</h3>

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      <li><span class="hanzi">关于/对于这份决议，大家还有什么补充吗？</span>&#160;<span class="trans">Is there anything that anyone wants to add to this decision?</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">关于/对于这个问题，你们还有什么意见？</span>&#160;<span class="trans">As for this problem, do you guys still have some thoughts?</span></li>
    </ul>
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  <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>

  <h3 id="books">Books</h3>

  <ul>
    <li><span class="hanzi">对外汉语教学语法释疑201例</span> (对于 vs 关于 p.202) </li>

    <li>New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (<span class="hanzi">新实用汉语课本4</span>) (p. 61) </li>
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  <h3 id="dictionaries">Dictionaries</h3>

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    <li><span class="hanzi">现代汉语词典（第5版）</span> (<span class="hanzi">关于</span>p.501，<span class="hanzi">对于</span> p.346) </li>
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