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

• 制定 to determine; to formulate
• 时间测定学(時間測定學) chronometry
• 界定 definition; to delimit
• 不稳定气流(不穩定氣流) turbulent
• 定购(定購) to order goods; to place an order
• 滴定管 burette; buret
• 无罪推定(無罪推定) presumption of innocence
• 平方反比定律 inverse-square law
• 稳定(穩定) stable; steady
• 重整奥思定会(重整奧思定會) Order of Augustinian Recollects, a mendicant Catholic religious order of friars and nuns
• 定律 an established law ; to established a law ; a scientific law
• 甲磺磷定 pralidoxime mesylate
• 闭图象定理(閉圖象定理) closed graph theorem
• 惊魂甫定(驚魂甫定) to have just recovered from a shock
• 保不定 more likely than not; quite possible; on the cards
• 定安县(定安縣) Ding'an county
• 私定终身(私定終身) to make a pledge to be married, without parents' approval
• 定向培育 directed breeding
• 定票 to reserve tickets
• 确定性(確定性) determinacy
• 就业安定费(就業安定費) Employment Stability Fee (Taiwan), a minimum monthly fee for employing foreign workers
• 一口咬定 to arbitrarily assert; to allege; to stick to one's statement; to cling to one's view
• 淡定 calm and collected; unperturbed
• 吃了定心丸 to feel reassured
• 定于一尊(定於一尊) to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct
• 认定(認定) to believe firmly
• 命定论(命定論) fatalism
• 逆定理 converse theorem
• 说定(說定) to agree on; to settle on
• 举棋不定(舉棋不定) to hesitate over what move to make; to waver; to shilly-shally
• 定盘星(定盤星) the zero point indicator marked on a steelyard; fixed opinion; solid idea; decisive plan
• 择定(擇定) to select
• 命定 to be predestined
• 平均值定理 the mean value theorem (in calculus)
• 定亲(定親) to settle a marriage; betrothal
• 前定 to arrange in advance
• 确定效应(確定效應) deterministic effect
• 正弦定理 law of sines
• 路由协定(路由協定) routing protocol
• 断定(斷定) to conclude; to determine
• 定刑 to sentence (a criminal)

Also contained in

帧首定界符 、 定西地区 、 统一资源定位器 、 罗定 、 平定县 、 康定 、 真定国 、 斯文·海定 、 牟定 、 定边

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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
• 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
• 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
• 定卒 (定卒) 薛伯定卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 3
• 伯定 (伯定) 薛伯定卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 3
• 能定 (能定) 用能定爾子孫于下地 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 金縢 Zhou Shu - Metal-bound Coffer — count: 3