Kilo Lingo

定

dìng

Traditional: 定

#5010 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

to decide, to settle; fixed, certain

Stroke order

Stroke order for 定

定

Examples

。

I'll definitely go.

。

We haven't decided yet.

？

Are you sure?

。

Let's set a time to meet.

店diàn。

He has already booked the hotel.

定 (dìng) means to fix, to settle, or to decide. It runs through certainty and decision vocabulary like 一定 (definitely), 决定 (to decide), 肯定 (certainly), and 确定 (to confirm).

Related words

搞定

to get done, to sort out (colloquial)

决定

to decide, to make a decision; decision

肯定

certainly, definitely, to confirm

确定

to confirm, to be sure, certain

一定

certainly, definitely, must

Appears in 5 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 定.

一定yí dìngcertainly, definitely, must肯定kěn dìngcertainly, definitely, to confirm决定jué dìngto decide, to make a decision; decision确定què dìngto confirm, to be sure, certain搞定gǎo dìngto get done, to sort out (colloquial)

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This word is part of lesson 101.