定

定 U+5B9A, 定 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B9A ← 宙 [U+5B99] CJK Unified Ideographs 宛 → [U+5B9B]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

定 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十一卜人 (JMYO), four-corner 3080₁, composition ⿱宀𤴓)

Derived characters

• 𠉵 啶 埞 婝 掟 淀 䧑 椗 㱨 琔 腚 碇 䘺 綻 绽 聢 𦩘 蝊 諚 錠 锭 靛 顁 萣 𧄌

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 283, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7109
• Dae Jaweon: page 559, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 918, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5B9A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		定

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 定
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (正) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
綻	*rdeːns
淀	*deːns
靛	*deːns
症	*tjɯŋs
竀	*rtʰeːŋ, *tʰeŋ
征	*tjeŋ
怔	*tjeŋ
正	*tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
鉦	*tjeŋ
鴊	*tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
眐	*tjeŋ
佂	*tjeŋ
整	*tjeŋʔ
政	*tjeŋs
証	*tjeŋs
定	*teːŋs, *deːŋs
顁	*teːŋs
錠	*teːŋs, *deːŋʔ, *deːŋs
掟	*deːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *teːŋs, *deːŋs): semantic 宀 + phonetic 正 (OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs)

Etymology

Possibly related to Burmese တည် (tany, “to lie in repose; to build, form, establish”) (Luce, 1981).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dìng (ding⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): din⁴

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дин (din, III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ding⁶ / deng⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): en⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): tiang⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thin

  (Hailu, HRS): tin^˖

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tin⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): ding³
• Northern Min (KCR): diāng
• Eastern Min (BUC): diâng / dêng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dia⁵ / die⁵ / diann⁵ / tia⁵ / tiann⁵ / deng⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiāⁿ / tēng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dian⁷ / dêng⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶din
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): din⁴ / din⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìng
    • Wade–Giles: ting⁴
    • Yale: dìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinq
    • Palladius: дин (din)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: din⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: din
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tin²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дин (din, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ding⁶ / deng⁶
    • Yale: dihng / dehng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding⁶ / deng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding⁶ / déng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ²²/, /tɛːŋ²²/

Note: deng6 - variant.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: en⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /en³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: tiang⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiaŋ¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thin
    • Hakka Romanization System: tin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰin⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: tin^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰin³³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰin⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ding³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tiŋ⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: diāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiaŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: diâng / dêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɑŋ²⁴²/, /tɛiŋ²⁴²/

Note:

• diâng - vernacular;
• dêng - literary.

• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dia⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: diāⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tia¹¹/
  • (Jiangkou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: die⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tie¹¹/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: diann⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tĩã²¹/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: tia⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰia¹¹/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: tiann⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰĩã²¹/
  • (Putian, Jiangkou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: deng⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛŋ¹¹/
  • (Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: deng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /te̞ŋ¹¹/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: deng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛŋ²¹/
Note:
• dia5/die5/diann5 - vernacular (e.g. 定做, 定著);
• tia5/tiann5 - vernacular (e.g. 廝定);
• deng5 - literary (e.g. 決定).
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Hui'an, Yongchun, Zhangpu, Changtai, General Taiwanese, Klang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tiānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvia
    • IPA (Nan'an, Klang): /tiã³¹/
    • IPA (Zhangpu, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiã³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tiã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Hui'an): /tiã²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun, Changtai): /tiã²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Hui'an, Yongchun, Zhangpu, Changtai, General Taiwanese, Klang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tēng
    • Tâi-lô: tīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: deng
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Klang): /teŋ³¹/
    • IPA (Zhangpu): /tɛŋ³³/
    • IPA (Changtai): /teŋ²²/
    • IPA (Hui'an): /teŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun): /tiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Nan'an): /tiɪŋ³¹/
Note:
• tiāⁿ - vernacular;
• tēng - literary.
• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dian⁷ / dêng⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiāⁿ / tĕng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tĩã¹¹/, /teŋ³⁵/
Note:
• dian7 - vernacular;
• dêng6 - literary.
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶din
    • MiniDict: din^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³din
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /din²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: din⁴ / din⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tin⁴⁵/, /tin²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dengH

Rime
Character	定
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	徒徑切
Baxter	dengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/deŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/deŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛjŋH/
Li Rong	/deŋH/
Wang Li	/dieŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱieŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ding6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-tˤeŋ-s/, /*m-tˤeŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*deːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	定	定
Reading #	1/3	2/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dìng	dìng
Middle Chinese	‹ dengH ›	‹ dengH ›
Old Chinese	/*N-tˁeŋ-s/	/*m-tˁeŋ-s/
English	become fixed; settled (v.i.)	make fixed, settle (v.t.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	定
Reading #	2/2
No.	17187
Phonetic component	正
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	定
Old Chinese	/*deːŋs/
Notes	小徐正聲

Definitions

定

1. stable; steady; fixed

   我公公揸筆揸得好定。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我公公揸笔揸得好定。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ gung¹ gung¹ zaa¹ bat¹ zaa¹ dak¹ hou² ding⁶. [Jyutping]

   My grandpa holds the pen really steadily

   之前已經講定 [Cantonese, trad.]
   之前已经讲定 [Cantonese, simp.]

   zi¹ cin⁴ ji⁵ ging¹ gong² ding⁶ [Jyutping]

   already discussed and settled upon for some time

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

   定貨／定货  ―  dìng huò  ―  to order goods

   定位  ―  dìng wèi  ―  to reserve a place

8. certainly; definitely; surely
9. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) after all; at all
10. (Cantonese) calm
11. (Cantonese) in advance

    想唔暈船浪，就食定暈浪丸。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    想唔晕船浪，就食定晕浪丸。 [Cantonese, simp.]

    soeng² m⁴ wan⁴ syun⁴ long⁶, zau⁶ sik⁶ ding⁶ wan⁴ long⁶ jyun^4-2. [Jyutping]

    If you don't want to get seasick, then take a motion sickness pill in advance.

    我阿媽日日都五點就開定檯等我哋返屋企食飯。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我阿妈日日都五点就开定台等我哋返屋企食饭。 [Cantonese, simp.]

    ngo⁵ aa³ maa¹ jat⁶ jat⁶ dou¹ ng⁵ dim² zau⁶ hoi¹ ding⁶ toi^4-2 dang² ngo⁵ dei⁶ faan¹ uk¹ kei² sik⁶ faan⁶. [Jyutping]

    My mother sets the table in advance at five o'clock, waiting for us to come home for dinner.

12. (Cantonese) short for 定係／定系 (“or”)

    你想食飯定麵啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    你想食饭定面啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]

    nei⁵ soeng² sik⁶ faan⁶ ding⁶ min⁶ aa³? [Jyutping]

    Do you want to have rice or noodles?

    • 1975, “天才與白痴”, in 許冠傑, 薛志雄 (lyrics), 天才與白痴, performed by 許冠傑:

      扮懵定蠢才？冇咁易會知 [Cantonese, trad.]
      扮懵定蠢才？冇咁易会知 [Cantonese, simp.]

      baan⁶ mung² ding⁶ ceon² coi⁴? mou⁵ gam³ ji⁶ wui⁵ zi¹ [Jyutping]

      Playing stupid or just dumb? It's not so easy to tell

13. a surname
14. (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 定 (MC dengH)

Synonyms

• (to decide; to determine): 決／决 (jué)
• (or):

Dialectal synonyms of 還是 (“or”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		抑, 或
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		抑或, 還是
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	還是
	Singapore	還是
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	還是
Cantonese	Guangzhou	定係, 定
	Hong Kong	定係, 定, 抑或, 抑或係, 定抑或, 定抑或係, 還是, 定還是, 定還是係
	Taishan	毋, 毋又, 抑或
	Singapore (Guangfu)	定, 定係
Gan	Nanchang	還是
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	還係, 也係
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	還係, 也係
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	還係, 也係
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	還係, 也係
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	還係, 也係
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	抑係
Huizhou	Jixi	還是
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	故是
Southern Min	Xiamen	抑是, 抑
	Quanzhou	抑是, 抑
	Zhangzhou	抑是, 抑
	Taipei	抑是
	Penang (Hokkien)	抑是
	Singapore (Hokkien)	抑是
	Manila (Hokkien)	抑是
	Chaozhou	抑是
	Singapore (Teochew)	抑是
Wu	Shanghai	還是
Xiang	Loudi	還是

Descendants

• → Thai: เที่ยง (tîiang)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìng (ding⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìng
    • Wade–Giles: ting⁴
    • Yale: dìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinq
    • Palladius: дин (din)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ding³
    • Yale: ding
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tengH

Rime
Character	定
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	丁定切
Baxter	tengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/teŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/teŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛjŋH/
Li Rong	/teŋH/
Wang Li	/tieŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tieŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ding3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤeŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*teːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	定
Reading #	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dìng
Middle Chinese	‹ tengH ›
Old Chinese	/*tˁeŋ-s/
English	ready-cooked (food)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	定
Reading #	1/2
No.	17181
Phonetic component	正
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	矴
Old Chinese	/*teːŋs/
Notes	見詩

Definitions

定

1. (～星) (Chinese astronomy) the Encampment, one of Twenty-Eight Mansions

   • 定之方中、作于楚宮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     定之方中、作于楚宫。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Dìng zhī fāngzhōng, zuò yú Chǔgōng. [Pinyin]

     When Ding culminated [at night fall],
     He began to build the palace at Chu.

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) forehead

   See also: 顁／𬱫

   • 麟之定、振振公姓。于嗟麟兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Lín zhī dìng, zhēnzhēn gōngxìng. Xūjiē lín xī. [Pinyin]

     The forehead of the Lin:
     The noble grandsons of our prince,
     Ah! they are the Lin!

3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 錠／锭 (dìng, “Classifier for silver ingots or ink sticks.”).
4. (historical dictionaries only) A kind of hoe.

Synonyms

• (the Encampment): 營室／营室, 室 (Shì)

Compounds

• 一口咬定 (yīkǒuyǎodìng)
• 一定 (yīdìng)
• 一定不易 (yīdìngbùyì)
• 一定不移 (yīdìngbùyí)
• 一拳柱定
• 一言定交
• 一言為定 / 一言为定 (yīyánwéidìng)
• 一言而定
• 下定 (xiàdìng)
• 下插定
• 不一定 (bùyīdìng)
• 不定 (bùdìng)
• 不定交
• 不定冠詞 / 不定冠词 (bùdìng guàncí)
• 不定量
• 串定
• 二項定理 / 二项定理
• 互定
• 人事莫定
• 人定
• 人定勝天 / 人定胜天 (réndìngshèngtiān)
• 以定
• 伯力協定 / 伯力协定
• 保不定 (bǎobudìng)
• 保定 (Bǎodìng)
• 保定府
• 保定法
• 倍比定律
• 假定 (jiǎdìng)
• 停戰協定 / 停战协定
• 傳檄而定 / 传檄而定
• 傾蓋定交 / 倾盖定交
• 克定
• 入定 (rùdìng)
• 內定 / 内定 (nèidìng)
• 全盤否定 / 全盘否定 (quánpánfǒudìng)
• 公定 (gōngdìng)
• 公定價格 / 公定价格
• 准定 (zhǔndìng)
• 出定
• 分定
• 刊定
• 判定 (pàndìng)
• 制定 (zhìdìng)
• 劃定 / 划定 (huàdìng)
• 劈排定對 / 劈排定对
• 劈牌定對 / 劈牌定对
• 動物保定 / 动物保定
• 協定 / 协定 (xiédìng)
• 協定稅率 / 协定税率
• 印鑑鑑定 / 印鉴鉴定
• 原定 (yuándìng)
• 反覆不定
• 古定刀 (gǔdìngdāo)
• 君子協定 / 君子协定 (jūnzǐ xiédìng)
• 否定 (fǒudìng)
• 命中注定 (mìngzhōngzhùdìng)
• 命中註定 / 命中注定 (mìngzhōngzhùdìng)
• 咬定
• 咬定牙根
• 咬定牙關 / 咬定牙关
• 商定 (shāngdìng)
• 四禪八定 / 四禅八定
• 回定
• 因式定理 (yīnshì dìnglǐ)
• 固定 (gùdìng)
• 固定作用
• 固定匯率 / 固定汇率
• 固定成本
• 固定格式
• 固定液
• 固定詞組 / 固定词组
• 固定資本 / 固定资本
• 固定資產 / 固定资产 (gùdìng zīchǎn)
• 固定重音
• 國定 / 国定
• 國定假日 / 国定假日
• 坐定 (zuòdìng)
• 堅定 / 坚定 (jiāndìng)
• 堅定不移 / 坚定不移 (jiāndìngbùyí)
• 塵埃落定 / 尘埃落定 (chén'āiluòdìng)
• 多定
• 大勢已定 / 大势已定
• 大定 (Dàdìng)
• 大局已定
• 天定 (Tiāndìng)
• 天緣注定 / 天缘注定
• 奠定 (diàndìng)
• 學力鑑定 / 学力鉴定
• 安培定則 / 安培定则
• 安定 (āndìng)
• 安定器
• 安定均衡
• 安定學派 / 安定学派
• 安定翼
• 安邦定國 / 安邦定国 (ānbāngdìngguó)
• 定下
• 定中門 / 定中门 (Dìngzhōngmén)
• 定之方中
• 定交
• 定位 (dìngwèi)
• 定例 (dìnglì)
• 定價 / 定价 (dìngjià)
• 定光油兒 / 定光油儿
• 定准
• 定分
• 定則 / 定则
• 定力 (dìnglì)
• 定勝敗 / 定胜败 (dìng shèngbài)
• 定勢 / 定势
• 定名 (dìngmíng)
• 定向 (dìngxiàng)
• 定向天線 / 定向天线
• 定命 (dìngmìng)
• 定員 / 定员 (dìngyuán)
• 定器
• 定在
• 定城 (Dìngchéng)
• 定型 (dìngxíng)
• 定場白 / 定场白
• 定場詩 / 定场诗
• 定天下
• 定奪 / 定夺 (dìngduó)
• 定子 (dìngzǐ)
• 定存 (dìngcún)
• 定安 (Dìng'ān)
• 官定
• 定定 (dìngdìng)
• 定害
• 定局 (dìngjú)
• 定居 (dìngjū)
• 定州 (Dìngzhōu)
• 定庚
• 定弓田
• 定弓虛稅 / 定弓虚税
• 定弦
• 定形 (dìngxíng)
• 定律 (dìnglǜ)
• 定心 (dìngxīn)
• 定心丸 (dìngxīnwán)
• 定心定意
• 定性 (dìngxìng)
• 定性睜睛 / 定性睁睛
• 定情 (dìngqíng)
• 定應 / 定应
• 定所
• 定數 / 定数 (dìngshù)
• 定數難逃 / 定数难逃
• 定斷 / 定断
• 定於一尊 / 定于一尊 (dìngyúyīzūn)
• 定日 (Dìngrì)
• 定昏
• 定時 / 定时 (dìngshí)
• 定時器 / 定时器 (dìngshíqì)
• 定時炸彈 / 定时炸弹 (dìngshí zhàdàn)
• 定時號誌 / 定时号志 (dìngshí hàozhì)
• 定時鐘 / 定时钟
• 定時開關 / 定时开关
• 定更
• 定期 (dìngqī)
• 定期保險 / 定期保险
• 定期存款 (dìngqī cúnkuǎn)
• 定期票
• 定本 (dìngběn)
• 定格 (dìnggé)
• 定案 (dìng'àn)
• 定步觀瞻 / 定步观瞻
• 定死
• 定準 / 定准
• 定滑輪 / 定滑轮
• 定然 (dìngrán)
• 定物
• 定率
• 定理 (dìnglǐ)
• 定瓷
• 定產 / 定产 (dìngchǎn)
• 定當 / 定当
• 定疊 / 定叠
• 定盟
• 定盤星 / 定盘星
• 定相
• 定省
• 定睛 (dìngjīng)
• 定睛一相
• 定睛一看
• 定睛細看 / 定睛细看
• 定神 (dìngshén)
• 定神順氣 / 定神顺气
• 定禮 / 定礼 (dìnglǐ)
• 定稿 (dìnggǎo)
• 定窯 / 定窑
• 定策
• 定約 / 定约 (dìngyuē)
• 定罪 (dìngzuì)
• 定置網 / 定置网
• 定義 / 定义 (dìngyì)
• 定苗
• 定裝 / 定装
• 定裝照 / 定装照
• 定襄 (Dìngxiāng)
• 定見 / 定见 (dìngjiàn)
• 定規 / 定规 (dìngguī)
• 定計 / 定计 (dìngjì)
• 定評 / 定评
• 定說 / 定说
• 定論 / 定论 (dìnglùn)
• 定讞 / 定谳 (dìngyàn)
• 定軍山 / 定军山
• 定遠 / 定远 (Dìngyuǎn)
• 定都 (dìngdū)
• 定醒
• 定量 (dìngliàng)
• 定銀 / 定银 (dìngyín)
• 定錢 / 定钱 (dìngqián)
• 定限
• 定音鼓 (dìngyīngǔ)
• 定章
• 定額 / 定额 (dìng'é)
• 定風旗 / 定风旗
• 定體 / 定体
• 定點 / 定点 (dìngdiǎn)
• 定鼎
• 定鼎訏謨 / 定鼎𬣙谟
• 審定 / 审定 (shěndìng)
• 審時定勢 / 审时定势
• 小定兒 / 小定儿
• 居無定所 / 居无定所 (jūwúdìngsuǒ)
• 已定 (yǐdìng)
• 平定 (píngdìng)
• 平心定氣 / 平心定气 (píngxīndìngqì)
• 底定 (dǐdìng)
• 庫侖定律 / 库仑定律
• 康定 (Kāngdìng)
• 心平氣定 / 心平气定
• 心神不定 (xīnshénbùdìng)
• 心魂不定
• 必定 (bìdìng)
• 忐忑不定
• 恆定 / 恒定 (héngdìng)
• 意定
• 惶惶不定
• 慣性定律 / 惯性定律
• 打定
• 打定主意
• 扶危定亂 / 扶危定乱
• 扶危定傾 / 扶危定倾
• 把定 (bǎdìng)
• 把定了心
• 把定物
• 把持不定
• 技能檢定 / 技能检定
• 拿不定
• 拿定
• 指定 (zhǐdìng)
• 指定打擊 / 指定打击
• 指定轉接 / 指定转接
• 指揮若定 / 指挥若定 (zhǐhuīruòdìng)
• 指紋鑑定 / 指纹鉴定
• 捉摸不定
• 推定 (tuīdìng)
• 排定 (páidìng)
• 捺定性子
• 插定 (chādìng)
• 搭伏定
• 搞定 (gǎodìng)
• 搭扶定
• 搖擺不定 / 摇摆不定 (yáobǎibùdìng)
• 操作定義 / 操作定义
• 擬定 / 拟定 (nǐdìng)
• 改定 (gǎidìng)
• 放定
• 敲定 (qiāodìng)
• 文定 (wéndìng)
• 文書鑑定 / 文书鉴定
• 料定 (liàodìng)
• 斷定 / 断定 (duàndìng)
• 既定 (jìdìng)
• 昏定晨省
• 明文規定 / 明文规定 (míngwénguīdìng)
• 晨昏定省
• 更定 (gēngdìng)
• 未定 (wèidìng)
• 未定之天
• 查理定律
• 核定 (hédìng)
• 槓桿定律 / 杠杆定律
• 檢定 / 检定 (jiǎndìng)
• 檢定考試 / 检定考试
• 欽定 / 钦定 (qīndìng)
• 歐姆定律 / 欧姆定律 (Ōumǔ dìnglǜ)
• 正定 (zhèngdìng)
• 氣充志定 / 气充志定
• 氣定神閒 / 气定神闲 (qìdìngshénxián)
• 永定河 (Yǒngdìng Hé)
• 決定 / 决定 (juédìng)
• 決定性 / 决定性 (juédìngxìng)
• 決定權 / 决定权 (juédìngquán)
• 決定論 / 决定论 (juédìnglùn)
• 注定 (zhùdìng)
• 泰定
• 法定 (fǎdìng)
• 法定人數 / 法定人数 (fǎdìng rénshù)
• 法定代理
• 法定程序
• 法定空地
• 法定血親 / 法定血亲
• 法定認領 / 法定认领
• 淡定 (dàndìng)
• 測定 / 测定 (cèdìng)
• 無定河 / 无定河
• 熱定型 / 热定型
• 牢定
• 特定 (tèdìng)
• 生死分定
• 界定 (jièdìng)
• 畢氏定理 / 毕氏定理 (Bì-shì dìnglǐ)
• 痛定思痛 (tòngdìngsītòng)
• 白定碗
• 目定口呆 (mùdìngkǒudāi)
• 硬性規定 / 硬性规定
• 確定 / 确定 (quèdìng)
• 確定判決 / 确定判决
• 確定故意 / 确定故意
• 神安氣定 / 神安气定
• 禪定 / 禅定 (chándìng)
• 科定
• 穩定 / 稳定 (wěndìng)
• 穩定平衡 / 稳定平衡
• 穩定度 / 稳定度
• 竄定 / 窜定
• 立定 (lìdìng)
• 立定腳跟 / 立定脚跟
• 站定
• 筆跡鑑定 / 笔迹鉴定
• 管定
• 篤定 / 笃定 (dǔdìng)
• 簽定 / 签定
• 約定 / 约定 (yuēdìng)
• 紅定 / 红定
• 約定俗成 / 约定俗成 (yuēdìngsúchéng)
• 紳士協定 / 绅士协定
• 結定 / 结定
• 綏定 / 绥定 (suídìng)
• 緣定三生 / 缘定三生
• 翕定
• 老僧入定
• 聘定
• 肯定 (kěndìng)
• 肯定命題 / 肯定命题
• 胸有定見 / 胸有定见
• 自我肯定
• 舉棋不定 / 举棋不定 (jǔqíbùdìng)
• 萍蹤不定 / 萍踪不定
• 萍蹤靡定 / 萍踪靡定
• 蓋棺事定 / 盖棺事定
• 蓋棺論定 / 盖棺论定 (gàiguānlùndìng)
• 虎克定律
• 行蹤無定 / 行踪无定
• 裁定 (cáidìng)
• 製定 / 制定 (zhìdìng)
• 西奈協定 / 西奈协定
• 規定 / 规定 (guīdìng)
• 規定地價 / 规定地价
• 訂定 / 订定 (dìngdìng)
• 設定 / 设定 (shèdìng)
• 設定質權 / 设定质权
• 評定 / 评定 (píngdìng)
• 註定 / 注定 (zhùdìng)
• 說不定 / 说不定 (shuōbùdìng)
• 認定 / 认定 (rèndìng)
• 說定 / 说定 (shuōdìng)
• 論定 / 论定
• 謀定後動 / 谋定后动
• 議定 / 议定 (yìdìng)
• 議定書 / 议定书 (yìdìngshū)
• 買定 / 买定
• 貿易協定 / 贸易协定
• 赫柏定律
• 跟定 (gēndìng)
• 逐定
• 運動定律 / 运动定律
• 道定
• 遴定
• 選定 / 选定 (xuǎndìng)
• 酌定 (zhuódìng)
• 釐定 (lídìng)
• 銓定考試 / 铨定考试
• 鋪謀定計 / 铺谋定计
• 鎖定 / 锁定 (suǒdìng)
• 鎮定 / 镇定 (zhèndìng)
• 鎮定劑 / 镇定剂
• 鐵定 / 铁定 (tiědìng)
• 鑒定 / 鉴定 (jiàndìng)
• 鑑定 / 鉴定 (jiàndìng)
• 限定 (xiàndìng)
• 限定語 / 限定语
• 限武協定 / 限武协定
• 陰晴不定 / 阴晴不定
• 隸定 / 隶定 (lìdìng)
• 雲形定規 / 云形定规
• 非定命論 / 非定命论
• 預定 / 预定 (yùdìng)
• 額定 / 额定 (édìng)
• 風定天晴 / 风定天晴
• 飄忽不定 / 飘忽不定 (piāohūbùdìng)
• 餘弦定律 / 余弦定律
• 驚疑不定 / 惊疑不定
• 驚神未定 / 惊神未定
• 鮑羅定 / 鲍罗定
• 點定 / 点定

Pronunciation 3

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding^6-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ding^6-2
    • Yale: díng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ²²⁻³⁵/

Definitions

定

1. (Cantonese) Sentence final particle used to make assumptions.

Derived terms

• 都唔定 (dou¹ m⁴ ding^6-2)
• 都未定 (dou¹ mei⁶ ding^6-2)

References

• “定”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “定”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 275.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 定

定

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

1. determine, fix, establish, decide

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō)^{←ぢやう (dyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: てい (tei, Jōyō)
• Kun: さだむ (sadamu, 定む)、さだまる (sadamaru, 定まる, Jōyō)、さだめる (sadameru, 定める, Jōyō)、さだか (sadaka, 定か, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 定冠詞(ていかんし) (teikanshi): definite article
• 定義(ていぎ) (teigi): definition
• 設定(せってい) (settei): setup, creation, settings
• 勘定(かんじょう) (kanjō): bill, check
• 予定(よてい) (yotei): schedule
• 肯(こう)定(てい)する (kōteisuru): to affirm
• 否(ひ)定(てい)する (hiteisuru): to deny

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
定
さだ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

定(さだ) • (Sada) 

1. a female given name

Korean

Hanja

定 (eumhun 정할 정 (jeonghal jeong))

1. hanja form^? of 정 (“decide, settle”)
2. hanja form^? of 정 (“fix”)

Compounds

• 인정 (認定, injeong, “recognition; authorization”)

Vietnamese

Han character

定: Hán Nôm readings: định

Verb

定 • (định)

1. chữ Hán form of định (“to decide; to determine; to ascertain”)