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

• 定量分块(定量分塊) chunking
• 安定 stable; quiet ; to decide ; biological equilibrium
• 代数基本定理(代數基本定理) fundamental theorem of algebra
• 定夺(定奪) to make a decision; to determine
• 约定俗成(約定俗成) established by popular usage; common usage agreement; customary convention
• 人定胜天(人定勝天) man can conquer nature; human wisdom can prevail over nature
• 鉴定委员会(鑒定委員會) evaluation committee; review board
• 额定值(額定值) rating (for power output, flame resistance etc)
• 不一定 not for certain
• 一般规定(一般規定) ordinary provision (law)
• 稳定性(穩定性) stability
• 择定(擇定) to select
• 单方决定(單方決定) to decide without reference to other parties involved; unilateral decision
• 滴定管 burette; buret
• 法定 legal; statutory; rightful
• 亲子鉴定(親子鑒定) paternity or maternity test
• 勘定 to demarcate; to survey and determine
• 笃定(篤定) certain; confident (of some outcome); calm and unhurried
• 法定权利(法定權利) legal rights
• 鑑定 to appraise; to identify; to give an expert opinion
• 微积分基本定理(微積分基本定理) fundamental theorem of calculus
• 定价(定價) a fixed price ; evaluate reputation
• 甲磺磷定 pralidoxime mesylate
• 摇摆不定(搖擺不定) indecisive; wavering
• 抱定 to hold on firmly; to cling (to a belief); stubbornly
• 胸有定见(胸有定見) imagine a complete image in your mind [before doing something]
• 定于(定於) to be set at; to be scheduled at
• 影像稳定器(影像穩定器) Image stabilizer
• 定制(定製) custom-made; made-to-order
• 不定 indefinite; indeterminate ; not stable ; unsuccessful
• 用户定义(用戶定義) user-defined
• 时间测定学(時間測定學) chronometry
• 环球定位系统(環球定位系統) global positioning system (GPS)
• 氯磷定 pralidoxime chloride
• 泰定 to give a sense of stability ; Taiding
• 料定 certain; to know for sure
• 私定终身(私定終身) to make a pledge to be married, without parents' approval
• 咬定 to assert; to insist that

Also contained in

永定门 、 定西市 、 定边 、 康定县 、 双十协定 、 定兴县 、 薛定谔 、 彭定康 、 超文件传输协定 、 牟定 、 国家文物鉴定委员会 、 鲁定公 、 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: 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
• 定宗庙 (定宗廟) 故能定宗廟 — Guanzi 管子, 七法第六 Chapter 6: Seven Methods — count: 3