定
HSK 4freq #586
Meanings
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- 1.to fix; to set; to make definite
- 2.to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc)
- 3.to congeal; to coagulate
- 4.(literary) definitely
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Wiktionary
- 1.stable; steady; fixed
- 2.to fix; to stabilise
- 3.to put down; to suppress
- 4.to establish; to prepare the ground for
- 5.to decide; to resolve
- 6.to determine; to settle
- 7.to order; to reserve
- 8.certainly; definitely; surely
- 9.after all; at all
- 10.calm
- 11.in advance
- 12.a surname
- 13.(Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 定 (MC dengH)
- 14.(Chinese astronomy) the Encampment, one of Twenty-Eight Mansions
- 15.forehead
- 16.Original form of 錠／锭 (dìng, “Classifier for silver ingots or ink sticks.”).
- 17.A kind of hoe.
- 18.Sentence final particle used to make assumptions.
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *teːŋs, *deːŋs): semantic 宀 + phonetic 正 (OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs) Possibly related to Burmese တည် (tany, “to lie in repose; to build, form, establish”) (Luce, 1981).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
好，定了。
All right. It's a deal.
我決定了。
I've decided.
由你來決定。
It is up to you.
讓他們決定。
Let them decide.
我不太確定。
I can't say for sure.
由你來決定。
It's up to you.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Related words
一定 surely; certainly; definitely决定 to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind肯定 to be certain; to be positive确定 definite规定 to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota)稳定 steady固定 to fix定位 to orientate制定 to draw up; to formulate注定 to foreordain鉴定 to examine sth to determine its authenticity, quality, value etc; to appraise; to evaluate; to authenticate认定 to maintain (that sth is true)