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 noun meditative concentration / meditation
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Concept: Paramita 波罗蜜
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: dhyāna, Pāli: jhāna; the fifth of the six paramitas
4. dìng verb to determine
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 约定 (Liu Lianli, 1999, '定' 3)
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. 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)
8. dìng verb still
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As a verb complement (Ho 2002, '定' 6)

Contained in

• 定购(定購) to order goods / to place an order
• 确定效应(確定效應) deterministic effect
• 国定假日(國定假日) national holiday
• 定夺(定奪) to make a decision / to determine
• 痛定思痛 to think of the pain when the pain is gone / to ponder about a painful experience
• 稳定度(穩定度) degree of stability
• 用户定义(用戶定義) user-defined
• 头孢拉定(頭孢拉定) cefradine, cephradine (pharm.)
• 鑑定 to appraise / to identify / to evaluate
• 定调子(定調子) to set the tone
• 既定 already fixed / set / established
• 不定过去(不定過去) aorist
• 定直线(定直線) directrix of a parabola
• 定时摄影(定時攝影) time-lapse photography
• 无定形碳(無定形碳) amorphous carbon
• 余数定理(餘數定理) the Remainder Theorem
• 镇定(鎮定) to calm / to make stable ; unperturbed
• 定弦 tuning (stringed instrument) / to make up one's mind
• 炼之未定(煉之未定) to spend a long time thinking about something while unable to reach a decision
• 全球定位系统(全球定位系統) global positioning system (GPS)
• 确定性(確定性) determinacy
• 断定(斷定) to conclude / to determine
• 一言为定(一言為定) it is a deal / it is settled then
• 剩余定理(剩餘定理) the Remainder Theorem
• 肯定 to confirm / to agree with ; sure / certain / definite ; to recognize to be of value / to affirm ; to understand
• 野外定向 orienteering
• 尘埃落定(塵埃落定) the dust has settled / to get sorted out / to be finalized ; Red Poppies
• 安定门(安定門) Andingmen neighborhood
• 暂定(暫定) temporary arrangement / provisional / tentative
• 鉴定委员会(鑒定委員會) evaluation committee / review board
• 超文本传输协定(超文本傳輸協定) hypertext transfer protocol / HTTP
• 吃了定心丸 to feel reassured
• 定见(定見) a fixed view
• 定刑 to sentence (a criminal)
• 情定终身(情定終身) to pledge eternal love / to exchange marriage vows
• 把持不定 indecisive
• 定点厂(定點廠) factory designated by the state to make a particular product
• 约定资讯速率(約定資訊速率) committed information rate (Frame Relay) / CIR
• 立定跳远(立定跳遠) standing long jump
• 审时定势(審時定勢) to evaluate the current situation and plan accordingly / to size up the situation

Also contained in

无所有处定 、 国家文物鉴定委员会 、 说妙法决定业障经 、 金刚滅定 、 双十协定 、 定蕴 、 佛说决定总持经 、 俱品一分转不定过 、 邪定聚 、 金刚定 、 定西

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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: 108
• 卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 103
• 卷三十三 志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 99
• 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: 85
• 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
• 前定 (前定) 前定之戰也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 10
• 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
• 定厥 (定厥) 文定厥祥 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧大明 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Da Ming — count: 5
• 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