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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.decide; establish; assign
开会时间定在明天上午。
The meeting is set for tomorrow morning.
他们的结婚日期定在下个月初。
Their wedding date is set for early next month.
这场比赛的时间定在周五晚上。
The game is scheduled for Friday night.
- 2
adv.fmldefinitely; certainly; surely
这次比赛我们定能取得胜利。
We are sure to win this game.
只要坚持，你定能实现自己的目标。
You can achieve your goals as long as you persist.
我的钱定是被小偷偷走了。
My money must have been stolen by a thief.
- 3
calm; stable; calm down; composed
该考试了，他还心神不定。
It's time for the exam and he's still in a flutter.
等大家都坐定了再讲。
We'll talk about it when we're all seated.
镇定
calm down
- 4
v.fix; set
定睛
fix one's eyes upon
定影
photographic fixing
表针定住不动了。
The hands of the watch stood still.
- 5
adj.fixed; settled; established; stipulated; arranged; prescribed
定理
theorem
定论
final conclusion
定局
inevitable outcome
- 6
v.book (seats, tickets, etc.); order (merchandise, etc.); subscribe to (a newspaper, etc.)
定菜
make an order for a meal
定报
subscribe to a newspaper
定金
advance payment
Words and phrases with 定
- 定名[word]name
- 定神[word]pull oneself together; concentrate one's attention
- 定居[word]make one's home
- 定格[word]freeze; fixed form or standard
- 定居点[word]settlement
- 定然[word]definitely
- 定位[word]orientate; evaluate something after putting it in proper perspective
- 定制[word]customize; an established rule or practice
- 定于[word]due to
- 定于一尊[idiom]look up to the supreme authority as the only standard
- 定时炸弹[idiom]time bomb; potential danger
Word usage
- Note"定" is different from "订". "订" emphasizes the process of discussion; "定" emphasizes the determined result.