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定 dìng to fix / to set / to make definite / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc) / to book (tickets etc) / to order (goods etc) / to congeal / to coagulate / (literary) definitely
Results beginning with 定
定位 dìng wèi to orientate / to position / to categorize (as) / to characterize (as) / positioning / position / niche
定义 dìng yì definition / to define
定价 dìng jià to set a price / to fix a price
定期 dìng qī at set dates / at regular intervals / periodic / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term
定制 dìng zhì custom-made / made-to-order / to have sth custom made
定时 dìng shí to fix a time / fixed time / timed (of explosive etc)
定点 dìng diǎn to determine a location / designated / appointed / specific / fixed (time) / fixed point (geometry) / fixed-point (number)
定律 dìng lu:4 scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts")
定做 dìng zuò to have something made to order
定向 dìng xiàng to orientate / directional / directed / orienteering
定额 dìng é fixed amount / quota
定量 dìng liàng quantity / fixed amount / ration
定单 dìng dān variant of 訂單|订单[ding4 dan1]
定购 dìng gòu to order goods / to place an order
定居 dìng jū to settle (in some city, country etc) / to take up residence
定性 dìng xìng to determine the nature (of sth) / to determine the chemical composition (of a substance) / qualitative
定于 dìng yú set at / scheduled at
定金 dìng jīn down payment / advance payment
定论 dìng lùn final conclusion / accepted argument
定型 dìng xíng to finalize (a design etc) / stereotype / permanent wave or perm (hairdressing)
定格 dìng gé to fix / to confine to / freeze frame / stop motion (filmmaking)
定理 dìng lǐ theorem
定神 dìng shén to compose oneself / to concentrate one's attention
定然 dìng rán certainly / of course
定睛 dìng jīng to stare at
定罪 dìng zuì to convict (sb of a crime)
定局 dìng jú foregone conclusion / to be settled conclusively
定名 dìng míng to name (sth)
定货 dìng huò variant of 訂貨|订货[ding4 huo4]
定情 dìng qíng to exchange love tokens or vows / to pledge one's love / to get engaged
定夺 dìng duó to make a decision / to determine
定语 dìng yǔ attributive (modifier)
定势 dìng shì attitude / mindset / prejudice
定案 dìng àn to reach a verdict / to conclude a judgment
定式 dìng shì joseki (fixed opening pattern in go game)
定数 dìng shù constant (math.) / quota / fixed number (e.g. of places on a bus) / fixed quantity (e.g. load of truck) / destiny
定标 dìng biāo to calibrate (measure or apparatus) / fixed coefficient
定子 dìng zǐ (electricity) stator
定员 dìng yuán fixed complement (of crew, passengers etc)
定票 dìng piào to reserve tickets
定影 dìng yǐng to fix a photographic image
定亲 dìng qīn to settle a marriage / betrothal
定编 dìng biān fixed allocation
定婚 dìng hūn variant of 訂婚|订婚[ding4 hun1]
定界 dìng jiè demarcation / boundary / delimited / bound (math.)
定例 dìng lì usual practice / routine
定安 Dìng ān Ding'an county, Hainan
定边 Dìng biān Dingbian County in Yulin 榆林[Yu2 lin2], Shaanxi
定舱 dìng cāng (of freight or cargo) to book
定出 dìng chū to determine / to fix upon / to set (a target, a price etc)
定存 dìng cún certificate of deposit / time deposit / abbr. for 定期存款|定期存款[ding4 qi1 cun2 kuan3]
定当 dìng dàng settled / ready / finished
定当 dìng dāng necessarily
定档 dìng dàng (of a film etc) to be set to be released on a specific date
定调 dìng diào to set the tone
定鼎 dìng dǐng lit. to set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great) / to fix the capital / to found a dynasty / used in advertising
定分 dìng fèn predestination / one's lot (of good and bad fortune)
定规 dìng guī to decide / to determine / established practice / (dialect) firmly resolved (to do sth)
定海 Dìng hǎi Dinghai district of Zhoushan city 舟山市[Zhou1 shan1 shi4], Zhejiang / Qing dynasty name of 舟山市
定户 dìng hù variant of 訂戶|订户[ding4 hu4]
定级 dìng jí to grade / to rank / to establish the level of sb or sth
定见 dìng jiàn firm view / definite opinion
定结 Dìng jié Dinggyê / county, Tibetan: Gding skyes rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
定礼 dìng lǐ betrothal gift / bride-price
定力 dìng lì ability to concentrate / willpower / resolve
定南 Dìng nán Dingnan county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[Gan4 zhou1], Jiangxi
定能 dìng néng to be definitely able (to do sth)
定钱 dìng qian security deposit / earnest money (real estate) / good-faith deposit
定日 Dìng rì Tingri town and county, Tibetan: Ding ri rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, central Tibet
定食 dìng shí set meal (esp. in a Japanese restaurant)
定说 dìng shuō to assert categorically / generally accepted view
定陶 Dìng táo Dingtao county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[He2 ze2], Shandong
定西 Dìng xī see 定西市[Ding4xi1 Shi4]
定下 dìng xià to set (the tone, a target etc) / to lay down (the beat)
定弦 dìng xián tuning (stringed instrument) / (fig.) to make up one's mind
定襄 Dìng xiāng Dingxiang county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi
定兴 Dìng xīng Dingxing county in Baoding 保定[Bao3 ding4], Hebei
定刑 dìng xíng to sentence (a criminal)
定谳 dìng yàn to judge a case / to render a verdict / verdict
定洋 dìng yáng earnest money / deposit
定音 dìng yīn to call the tune / to make the final decision
定银 dìng yín deposit / down payment
定远 Dìng yuǎn Dingyuan, a county in Chuzhou 滁州[Chu2zhou1], Anhui
定阅 dìng yuè variant of 訂閱|订阅[ding4 yue4]
定约 dìng yuē to conclude a treaty / to make an agreement / contract (at bridge)
定殖 dìng zhí (microbiology) to colonize / colonization
定州 Dìng zhōu see 定州市[Ding4zhou1 Shi4]
定作 dìng zuò to have sth made to order
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定时器 dìng shí qì timer
定心丸 dìng xīn wán tranquilizer / sth that sets one's mind at ease
定居点 dìng jū diǎn settlement
定居者 dìng jū zhě settler
定义域 dìng yì yù domain (math.)
定音鼓 dìng yīn gǔ timpani
定着类  sedentary species
定居种  sedentary species
定量卡  rationing card
定位号  fix number
定向线  line of constant bearing / loxodrome
定购单  purchase order
定安县 Dìng ān xiàn Ding'an county, Hainan
定边县 Dìng biān Xiàn Dingbian County in Yulin 榆林[Yu2 lin2], Shaanxi
定标器 dìng biāo qì scaler
定场白 dìng chǎng bái first soliloquy (introducing opera character)
定常流 dìng cháng liú stationary flow / steady flow
定场诗 dìng chǎng shī first soliloquy text (introducing opera character)
定常态 dìng cháng tài constant state / fixed state
定点茶 dìng diǎn chá (Tw) (euphemism) prostitute service at a massage parlor or other place designated by the service provider
定点厂 dìng diǎn chǎng factory designated by the state to make a particular product
定调子 dìng diào zi to set the tone
定额组 dìng é zǔ quorum
定风针 dìng fēng zhēn wind vane / anemometer / weathercock
定冠词 dìng guàn cí definite article (grammar)
定海区 Dìng hǎi qū Dinghai district of Zhoushan city 舟山市[Zhou1 shan1 shi4], Zhejiang
定界符 dìng jiè fú delimiter (computing)
定结县 Dìng jié xiàn Dinggyê / county, Tibetan: Gding skyes rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
定南县 Dìng nán xiàn Dingnan county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[Gan4 zhou1], Jiangxi
定盘星 dìng pán xīng the zero point indicator marked on a steelyard / fixed opinion / solid idea / decisive plan
定日县 Dìng rì xiàn Tingri county, Tibetan: Ding ri rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet
定时钟 dìng shí zhōng timer / timing clock / alarm clock
定陶县 Dìng táo Xiàn Dingtao County in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[He2 ze2], Shandong
定向雷 dìng xiàng léi directional mine
定襄县 Dìng xiāng xiàn Dingxiang county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi
定型水 dìng xíng shuǐ hairspray
定兴县 Dìng xīng xiàn Dingxing county in Baoding 保定[Bao3 ding4], Hebei
定西市 Dìng xī shì Dingxi, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1su4 Sheng3]
定远县 Dìng yuǎn xiàn Dingyuan, a county in Chuzhou 滁州[Chu2zhou1], Anhui
定远营 Dìng yuǎn yíng old name of Bayanhot 巴彥浩特|巴彦浩特[Ba1 yan4 Hao4 te4] in Inner Mongolia
定直线 dìng zhí xiàn directrix of a parabola
定州市 Dìng zhōu shì Dingzhou, county-level city directly administered by Hebei Province
定座率 dìng zuò lu:4 occupancy (i.e. proportion of seats occupied)
定位系统 dìng wèi xì tǒng positioning system
定时炸弹 dìng shí zhà dàn time bomb
定量分析 dìng liàng fēn xī quantitative analysis
定向培育 dìng xiàng péi yù directed breeding
定性分析 dìng xìng fēn xī qualitative inorganic analysis
定于一尊 dìng yú yī zūn (idiom) to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct / to regard a source (or entity or individual) as the ultimate authority
定向钻进  directional drilling
定量检验  quantitative test
定型检查  type-approval inspection
定时信号  time referencing signal / timing reference signal / timing signal
定位间隔  fix interval
定期租约  time charter / time lease
定位质量  position fix quality / fix quality
定型观念  stereotype
定基指数  chain indices
定价机制  pricing mechanism
定位误差  position error / positioning error / positional error
定价偏差  mispricing / market mispricing
定点观察  static observation
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规定 guī dìng to stipulate / to specify / to prescribe / to fix (a price) / to set (a quota) / regulations / rules / provisions / stipulations
决定 jué dìng to decide (to do something) / to resolve / decision / CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4] / certainly
一定 yī dìng surely / certainly / necessarily / fixed / a certain (extent etc) / given / particular / must
肯定 kěn dìng to be certain / to be positive / assuredly / definitely / to give recognition / to affirm / affirmative (answer)
确定 què dìng definite / certain / fixed / to fix (on sth) / to determine / to be sure / to ensure / to make certain / to ascertain / to clinch / to recognize / to confirm / OK (on computer dialog box)
稳定 wěn dìng steady / stable / stability / to stabilize / to pacify
制定 zhì dìng to draw up / to formulate
指定 zhǐ dìng to appoint / to assign / to indicate clearly and with certainty / designated
设定 shè dìng to set / to set up / to install / setting / preferences
固定 gù dìng to fix / to fasten / to set rigidly in place / fixed / set / regular
鉴定 jiàn dìng to appraise / to identify / to evaluate
认定 rèn dìng to maintain (that sth is true) / to determine (a fact) / determination (of an amount) / of the firm opinion / to believe firmly / to set one's mind on / to identify with
锁定 suǒ dìng to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target
预定 yù dìng to schedule in advance
约定 yuē dìng to agree on sth (after discussion) / to conclude a bargain / to arrange / to promise / to stipulate / to make an appointment / stipulated (time, amount, quality etc) / an arrangement / a deal / appointment / undertaking / commitment / understanding / engagement / stipulation
特定 tè dìng special / specific / designated / particular
坚定 jiān dìng firm / steady / staunch / resolute
注定 zhù dìng to foreordain / to be bound to / to be destined to / to be doomed to / inevitably
法定 fǎ dìng statutory / law-based / legal
必定 bì dìng to be bound to / to be sure to
不定 bù dìng indefinite / indeterminate / (botany) adventitious
评定 píng dìng to evaluate / to make one's judgment
奠定 diàn dìng to establish / to fix / to settle
否定 fǒu dìng to negate / to deny / to reject / negative (answer) / negation
搞定 gǎo dìng to fix / to settle / to wangle
选定 xuǎn dìng to select / to choose / to settle on
安定 ān dìng stable / calm / settled / to stabilize / Valium / diazepam
测定 cè dìng to determine (by measuring or surveying)
限定 xiàn dìng to restrict to / to limit
保定 Bǎo dìng see 保定市[Bao3ding4 Shi4]
绑定 bǎng dìng (loanword) binding / to bind (e.g. an account to a mobile phone number)
界定 jiè dìng definition / to delimit
镇定 zhèn dìng calm / unperturbed / cool
协定 xié dìng agreement / accord / to reach an agreement
判定 pàn dìng to judge / to decide / judgment / determination
签定 qiān dìng to sign (a contract, treaty etc)
拟定 nǐ dìng to draw up / to draft / to formulate
额定 é dìng specified (capacity, output etc) / rated (capacity, output etc)
核定 hé dìng to audit and determine / to check and ratify / to appraise and decide / determination / on a deemed basis (taxation) / to deem
审定 shěn dìng to examine sth and make a decision / to screen / to evaluate / to approve
断定 duàn dìng to conclude / to determine / to come to a judgment
裁定 cái dìng ruling
原定 yuán dìng originally planned / originally determined
既定 jì dìng already fixed / set / established
敲定 qiāo dìng to come to a decision / to fix on (a date etc) / to determine / to finalize / to nail down (a deal etc)
假定 jiǎ dìng to assume / to suppose / supposed / so-called / assumption / hypothesis
划定 huà dìng to demarcate / to delimit
铁定 tiě dìng unalterable / certainly / definitely
未定 wèi dìng undecided / indeterminate / still in doubt
待定 dài dìng to await a decision / to be pending
商定 shāng dìng to agree / to decide after consultation / to come to a compromise
平定 píng dìng to pacify
暂定 zàn dìng temporary arrangement / provisional / tentative
检定 jiǎn dìng a test / determination / to check up on / to examine / to assay
给定 gěi dìng to state in advance / preset / given
坐定 zuò dìng to be seated
订定 dìng dìng to set / to designate / to stipulate / to provide / to draw up / to formulate (rules etc) / stipulation
恒定 héng dìng constant
笃定 dǔ dìng certain / confident (of some outcome) / calm and unhurried
排定 pái dìng to schedule
入定 rù dìng (Buddhism) to enter a meditative state
推定 tuī dìng to infer / to consider and come to a judgment / to elect
内定 nèi dìng to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later / to decide behind closed doors / all cut and dried
标定 biāo dìng to stake out (the boundaries of a property etc) / to demarcate / (engineering etc) to calibrate
立定 lì dìng to stop / to halt / halt! / to hold resolutely (of a view, an aspiration etc)
议定 yì dìng to reach an agreement / to agree upon
料定 liào dìng certain / to know for sure
咬定 yǎo dìng to assert / to insist that
抱定 bào dìng to hold on firmly / to cling (to a belief) / stubbornly
命定 mìng dìng to be predestined
滴定 dī dìng titration
钦定 qīn dìng to authorize / to designate / (old) to be compiled and published by imperial command
酌定 zhuó dìng to decide after intense deliberation
派定 pài dìng to believe / to be convinced
淡定 dàn dìng calm and collected / unperturbed
底定 dǐ dìng (literary) to quell an insurgency / (Tw) to settle (a matter)
估定 gū dìng to assess / to estimate the value
贵定 Guì dìng Guiding county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qian2 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou
嘉定 Jiā dìng Jiading district of northwest Shanghai / final reign name 1208-1224 of South Song emperor Ningzong 寧宗|宁宗[Ning2 zong1]
鑑定 jiàn dìng variant of 鑒定|鉴定, to appraise / to identify / to evaluate
勘定 kān dìng to demarcate / to survey and determine
康定 Kāng dìng Dartsendo, Dardo or Kangding county (Tibetan: dar mdo rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
泸定 Lú dìng Luding county (Tibetan: lcags zam rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
论定 lùn dìng to make a definitive judgment / to come to a firm conclusion
罗定 Luó dìng see 羅定市|罗定市[Luo2ding4 Shi4]
牟定 Móu dìng see 牟定縣|牟定县[Mou2ding4 Xian4]
南定 Nán dìng Nam Dinh, Vietnam
普定 Pǔ dìng Puding county in Anshun 安順|安顺[An1 shun4], Guizhou
情定 qíng dìng to exchange vows with (sb) / to exchange vows at (a time or place)
圈定 quān dìng to highlight sth by drawing a circle around it / (fig.) to designate / to delineate
人定 rén dìng middle of the night / the dead of night
手定 shǒu dìng to set down (rules) / to institute
说定 shuō dìng to agree on / to settle on
死定 sǐ dìng to be screwed / to be toast
武定 Wǔ dìng Wuding reign name (543-550) during Eastern Wei of the Northern Dynasties 東魏|东魏[Dong1 Wei4] / see 武定縣|武定县[Wu3ding4 Xian4]
研定 yán dìng to consider and decide / to decide after investigating
验定 yàn dìng to come to a conclusion about sth after examining it / to assay
永定 Yǒng dìng Yongding, county-level city in Longyan 龍岩|龙岩, Fujian / Yongding district of Zhangjiajie city 張家界市|张家界市[Zhang1 jia1 jie4 shi4], Hunan
择定 zé dìng to select
正定 Zhèng dìng Zhengding county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], Hebei
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DNA鉴定 D N A jiàn dìng DNA test / DNA testing
123协定 123xié dìng nuclear cooperation agreement / 123 agreement
CFE-1A协定  CFE-1A agreements
一定要 yī dìng yào must
不一定 bù yī dìng not necessarily / maybe
说不定 shuō bu dìng can't say for sure / maybe
自定义 zì dìng yì custom / user-defined
稳定性 wěn dìng xìng stability
不确定 bù què dìng uncertain / uncertainty
按规定 àn guī dìng according to regulation
不稳定 bù wěn dìng unstable
不定期 bù dìng qī non-scheduled / irregularly
决定性 jué dìng xìng decisive / conclusive
议定书 yì dìng shū protocol / treaty
重定向 chóng dìng xiàng to redirect
拿不定 ná bu dìng to be unsure
坚定性 jiān dìng xìng firmness / steadfastness
安定门 An1 dìng mén Andingmen neighborhood of Beijing
不定式 bù dìng shì infinitive (grammar)
下定义 xià dìng yì to define
决定论 jué dìng lùn determinism
泸定桥 Lú dìng qiáo Luding Bridge over Dadu river 大渡河[Da4 du4 he2] in Sichuan, built by Kangxi in 1706, linking Luding county Sichuan Luding county 瀘定縣|泸定县[Lu2 ding4 xian4] with Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州|甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
永定河 Yǒng dìng Hé Yongding River to the West of Beijing
额定值 é dìng zhí rating (for power output, flame resistance etc)
永定门 Yǒng dìng mén Yongdingmen, front gate of the outer section of Beijing's old city wall, torn down in the 1950s and reconstructed in 2005
镇定剂 zhèn dìng jì tranquilizer / depressant / sedative
滴定管 dī dìng guǎn burette
彭定康 Péng Dìng kāng Chris Patten (1944-), last British Governor of Hong Kong 1992-1997
限定词 xiàn dìng cí determiner (in grammar, i.e. article, demonstrative, possessive pronoun, noun genitive etc)
预定的  bespoke
假定的  presumptive
制定法  statute law
未定罪  unconvicted status
呋替定  furethidine
替利定  tilidine
安定药  tranquilizer
固定源  stationary source
安定化 ān dìng huà stabilization
安定器 ān dìng qì (Tw) electrical ballast
安定区 An1 dìng qū Anding district of Dingxi city 定西市[Ding4 xi1 shi4], Gansu
安定乡 An1 dìng xiāng Anting township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
保不定 bǎo bù dìng more likely than not / quite possible / on the cards
保定市 Bǎo dìng shì Baoding, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省[He2bei3 Sheng3]
不定词 bù dìng cí infinitive
不定风 bù dìng fēng variable wind
不定形 bù dìng xíng indeterminate form
不定元 bù dìng yuán indeterminate element (math.), often denoted by x
滴定剂 dī dìng jì titrant
毒莠定 dú yǒu dìng picloram
非法定 fēi fǎ dìng non-statutory / non-governmental
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