決定

See also: 决定

Chinese

		breach (a dyke); to decide; to determine	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
trad. (決定/决定)		決/决	定
simp. (决定)		决	定

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juédìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ ding⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kiet-thin / kiat-thin

  (Meixian, Guangdong): giad⁵ tin⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): giók-dêng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koat-tēng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guêg⁴ dian⁷ / guag⁴ dian⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷cioq-din; ⁷ciuq-din

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juédìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuédìng
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²-ting⁴
    • Yale: jywé-dìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyuedinq
    • Palladius: цзюэдин (czjuedin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ tiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyut³ ding⁶
    • Yale: kyut dihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ ding⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³ ding⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ tɪŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiet-thin
    • Hakka Romanization System: gied^ˋ tin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giad⁵ tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯et̚² tʰin⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiat-thin
    • Hakka Romanization System: giad^ˋ tin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giad⁵ tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯at̚² tʰin⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: giad⁵ tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kiat̚¹ tʰin⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: giók-dêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyoʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ tɛiŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koat-tēng
    • Tâi-lô: kuat-tīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koatdeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuat̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kuat̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /kuat̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /kuat̚³²⁻⁵⁴ tiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuat̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guêg⁴ dian⁷ / guag⁴ dian⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuek tiāⁿ / kuak tiāⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuek̚²⁻⁴ tĩã¹¹/, /kuak̚²⁻⁴ tĩã¹¹/

Note:

• guêg4 dian7 - Chaozhou;
• guag4 dian7 - Jieyang.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷cioq-din; ⁷ciuq-din
    • MiniDict: cioh^入 din; ciuih^入 din
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jioq-din; ⁴jyq-din
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕioʔ³³ din⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕyɪʔ³³ din⁴⁴/

Verb

決定

1. to decide; to make a decision

   決定下來／决定下来  ―  juédìng xiàlái  ―  to make a decision

   由某人自行決定／由某人自行决定  ―  yóu mǒurén zìxíng juédìng  ―  to be at somebody's discretion

   本院決定對該案不予重新審判。 [MSC, trad.]
   本院决定对该案不予重新审判。 [MSC, simp.]

   Běn yuàn juédìng duì gāi àn bùyǔ chóngxīn shěnpàn. [Pinyin]

   This court decided not to retry the case.

2. to determine; to govern

   決定因素／决定因素  ―  juédìng yīnsù  ―  determinant

Synonyms

• (to decide):

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• 下決心 / 下决心 (xià juéxīn)
• 下老毛 (xia⁵ lau³ mau²) (Xiang)
• 判決 / 判决 (pànjué)
• 定奪 / 定夺 (dìngduó)
• 扚起心肝 (dik¹ hei² sam¹ gon¹) (Cantonese)
• 拍板 (pāibǎn) (figurative)
• 決心 / 决心 (juéxīn)
• 決意 / 决意 (juéyì)
• 決斷 / 决断 (juéduàn)
• 決計 / 决计 (juéjì)
• 滿意 / 满意 (mǎnyì) (literary)
• 狠心 (hěnxīn)

Related terms

• 負責／负责 (fùzé)
• 作主 (zuòzhǔ)

Noun

決定

1. decision

   經過一番深思熟慮後做出的決定 [MSC, trad.]
   经过一番深思熟虑后做出的决定 [MSC, simp.]

   jīngguò yī fān shēnsīshúlǜ hòu zuòchū de juédìng [Pinyin]

   decision made after some deliberation

   她必須在黃昏前做出決定。 [MSC, trad.]
   她必须在黄昏前做出决定。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā bìxū zài huánghūn qián zuòchū juédìng. [Pinyin]

   She must make the decision before dusk.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (決定):

• → Japanese: 決(けっ)定(てい) (kettei)
• → Korean: 결정(決定) (gyeoljeong)
• → Vietnamese: quyết định (決定)

Derived terms

• 決定性 / 决定性 (juédìngxìng)
• 決定權 / 决定权 (juédìngquán)
• 決定簇 / 决定簇 (juédìngcù)
• 決定論 / 决定论 (juédìnglùn)

References

• “決定”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.