定親

See also: 定亲

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (定親)		定	親
simp. (定亲)		定	亲
alternative forms		訂親／订亲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dìngqīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄣ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): din⁴ qin¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding⁶ can¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thin-chhîn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tēng-chhin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìngqīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìngcin
    • Wade–Giles: ting⁴-chʻin¹
    • Yale: dìng-chīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinqchin
    • Palladius: динцинь (dincinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: din⁴ qin¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dinkin
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tin²¹³ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding⁶ can¹
    • Yale: dihng chān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding⁶ tsan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding⁶ cen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ²² t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thin-chhîn
    • Hakka Romanization System: tin qin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tin⁴ qin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰin⁵⁵ t͡sʰin²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tēng-chhin
    • Tâi-lô: tīng-tshin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexngchyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰin⁴⁴/

Verb

定親

1. to get engaged; to be betrothed

Synonyms

• 訂婚／订婚 (dìnghūn)
• (originally literary, now figurative) 文定 (wéndìng)
• (Sichuan) 下定 (xiàdìng)
• (Hokkien) 定著／定着, 硩定

See also

• 婚約／婚约 (hūnyuē)