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)
  8. dìng verb Concentration
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
    Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)
  9. dìng noun meditative concentration; meditation
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Concept: Paramita 波罗蜜
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: dhyāna, or: samādhi, Pali: jhāna; Japanese: jō; dhyāna is the fifth of the six paramitas (BCSD '定', p. 376; DJBT '定', p. 435; FGDB '定'; MW 'dhyāna'; SH '定', p. 254)

Contained in

Also contained in

不定方程论定统一资源定位议定书定向越野用户自定义斯文·海定定西市安定门议定定时炸弹说定排定武定县定州暂定单方决定定金定名定海神针南定定州市量身定制情定终身稳定性人定胜天定约定时钟影像稳定器定结定位笔定洋定理生物测定定性理论定期储蓄

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

Collocations