定 dìng

1. dìng verb to decide
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 决定 (Liu Lianli, 1999, '定' 2; Ho 2002, '定' 3) 定 is the 180th most frequently used word in the Beijing Language Institute frequency wordlist (1985).
2. dìng verb certainly; definitely
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Ho 2002, '定' 5)
3. dìng verb to determine
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 约定 (Liu Lianli, 1999, '定' 3)
4. dìng verb to calm down
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 定下来 (Liu Lianli, 1999, '定' 3; Ho 2002, '定' 2)
5. dìng verb to set; to fix
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 眼睛定在目标 'fix your eyes on a target' (Ho 2002, '定' 1)
6. dìng verb to book; to subscribe to; to order
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 定做 (Ho 2002, '定' 4)
7. dìng verb still
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As a verb complement (Ho 2002, '定' 6)

Contained in

• 不定形 indeterminate form
• 未定 undecided; indeterminate; still in doubt
• 通信协定(通信協定) communications protocol
• 镇定(鎮定) to calm; to make stable ; unperturbed
• 定时摄影(定時攝影) time-lapse photography
• 定风针(定風針) wind vane; anemometer; weathercock
• 标定(標定) to stake out (the boundaries of a property etc); to demarcate; (engineering etc) to calibrate
• 一言为定(一言為定) it is a deal; it is settled then
• 定量研究 quantitative research
• 印定 fixed; invariant
• 定界 demarcation; boundary; delimited; bound (math.)
• 定睛 to stare at
• 定式 joseki
• 斟酌决定权(斟酌決定權) discretionary power
• 定居点(定居點) settlement
• 定焦镜头(定焦鏡頭) prime lens
• 定直线(定直線) directrix of a parabola
• 约定资讯速率(約定資訊速率) committed information rate (Frame Relay); CIR
• 卫星定位系统(衛星定位系統) global positioning system (GPS)
• 定场诗(定場詩) first soliloquy text (introducing opera character)
• 技能检定(技能檢定) determination of technical ability
• 贸易协定(貿易協定) trade agreement
• 定数(定數) a constant; a quota; a fixed number; destiny
• 铁定(鐵定) unalterable; certainly; definitely
• 单方决定(單方決定) to decide without reference to other parties involved; unilateral decision
• 罗尔定理(羅爾定理) Rolle's theorem (in calculus)
• 按规定(按規定) according to regulation
• 盖棺定论(蓋棺定論) don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin
• 炼之未定(煉之未定) to spend a long time thinking about something while unable to reach a decision
• 一口咬定 to arbitrarily assert; to allege; to stick to one's statement; to cling to one's view
• 额定值(額定值) rating (for power output, flame resistance etc)
• 国定假日(國定假日) national holiday
• 居无定所(居無定所) to be without a fixed residence
• 定额(定額) a fixed amount; a quota
• 定律 an established law ; to established a law ; a scientific law
• 费尔马大定理(費爾馬大定理) Fermat's last theorem
• 咬定牙关(咬定牙關) to bite the teeth tightly; to grit one's teeth and bear the pain; to bite the bullet
• 决定性(決定性) decisive; conclusive
• 定钱(定錢) security deposit; earnest money (real estate); good-faith deposit
• 滴定 titration
• 平均值定理 the mean value theorem (in calculus)
• 孙子定理(孫子定理) the Chinese remainder theorem
• 保不定 more likely than not; quite possible; on the cards
• 定时信管(定時信管) timed detonator

Also contained in

定西 、 安定乡 、 定安 、 定州市 、 定公 、 保定地区 、 罗定市

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• 卷二十二　志第三:　曆下 步月離第五 步交會第六 步五星第七 Volume 22 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 - Phases of the Month 5, Phases of Convergence 6, Phases of the Five Planets 7 History of Jin 金史 — count: 142
• 卷七十五 志第二十八 律曆八 Volume 75 Treatises 28: Measures and Calendar 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 132
• 卷七十 志第二十三 律曆三 Volume 70 Treatises 23: Measures and Calendar 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 126
• 卷三十四 志第十四: 曆三 Volume 34 Treatises 14: Calendar 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 115
• 卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 102
• 卷三十三 志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 100
• 卷五十五　志第七:　　曆四 Volume 55 Treatises 8: Calendar 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 92
• 卷八十 志第三十三 律曆十三 Volume 80 Treatises 33: Measures and Calendar 13 History of Song 宋史 — count: 91
• 卷七十三 志第二十六 律曆六 Volume 73 Treatises 26: Measures and Calendar 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 84
• 卷七十二 志第二十五 律曆五 Volume 72 Treatises 25: Measures and Calendar 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 83

Collocations

• 华定 (華定) 宋華定 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 18
• 定姒 (定姒) 葬我小君定姒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 7
• 羹定 (羹定) 羹定詔於堂 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《禮器》 Rites in the Formation of Character — count: 6
• 君定 (君定) 葬我小君定姒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
• 定危 (定危) 定危治亂乎 — Mozi 墨子, 卷六 節葬下 Book 6 - Simplicity in Funerals III — count: 5
• 定来 (定來) 宋公使華定來聘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 葬定 (葬定) 葬定姒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 4
• 定弋 (定弋) 葬我小君定弋 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
• 定姜 (定姜) 定姜曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
• 定国 (定國) 唯則定國 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3