定: to decide; to set(tle)

定 dìng

: to decide; to set; settle (a matter)
: to fix
: to order

定か | さだか sadaka

Na-adjective | noun
: definite; sure

定め | さだめ sadame

noun
: law; rule; regulation; provision; decision; appointment; arrangement; agreement
: destiny; fate; karma

定める | さだめる sadameru

Ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to decide; to establish; to determine

定まる | さだまる sadamaru

Godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to become settled; to be fixed

定期 ding4qi1: regularly
[ていき teiki: fixed term]

定時[时] ding4shi2: to fix a time; fixed time; timed (of explosive)
[ていじ teiji: regular time; stated period]

定作 OR 定做 ding4zuo4: to have something made to order

定義[义] ding4yi4: definition [ていぎ teigi]

定額[额] ding4’e2: fixed amount; quota
[ていがく teigaku: ration; fixed amount]

定金 ding4jin1: down payment

定錢[钱] ding4qian2: security deposit; earnest money (real estate); good-faith deposit

定居 ding4ju1: to settle; to fix a place to live

定罪 ding4zui4: to convict (sb of a crime)

定報 ding4bao4: to subscribe to newspaper

定情 ding4qing2: to exchange love tokens or vows; to get engaged

定親 ding4qin1: marriage engagement (arranged by parents)

定禮[礼] ding4li3: betrothal gift; bride-price

定價[价] ding4jia4: to set a price; to fix a price

一定 yi2ding4: certainly; surely; must
[いってい ittei OR いちじょう ichijou: fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; standardized; certain; prescribed]

不定 bu4 ding4: indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious
[ふてい futei OR ふじょう fujou: uncertainty; insecurity; inconstancy; indefinite; undecided]

決[决]定 jue2ding4: to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly
[けってい kettei: decision; determination]

決定信 jue2ding4 xin1: unshakable faith; certainty

註[注]定 zhu4ding4: fated; destined

肯定 ken3ding4: to be sure; certainty; definite; to confirm; to affirm; approval; recognition
[こうてい koutei: positive; affirmation]

安定 an1ding4: stable; quiet; settled; stabilize; maintain; stabilized; calm and orderly
[あんてい antei: stability; equilibrium]

確[确]定 que4ding4: definite; certain; fixed; to fix (on something); to determine; to be sure; to ensure; to make certain; to ascertain; to clinch; to recognize; to confirm; OK (on computer dialog box)
[かくてい kakutei: decision; settlement; (math term) definition]

否定 fou3ding4: to negate; to deny; to reject; negative (answer); negation
[ひてい hitei: negation; denial; repudiation; (computer terminology) NOT operation]

規[规]定 gui1ding4: provision; to fix; to set; to formulate; to stipulate; to provide; regulation; rule
[きてい kite: regulation; provisions]

穩[稳]定 wen3ding4: steady; stable; stability; to stabilize; to pacify

制定 zhi4ding4: to draw up; to formulate
[せいてい seitei: enactment; establishment; creation]

鎮定藥 [镇定药] zhen4 ding4 yao4: sedative drug

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語
定紋 | じょうもん joumon: family crest

不安定 | ふあんてい fuantei: instability; insecurity; crankiness

和定食 | わていしょく watei shoku: Japanese-style set menu

案の定 | あんのじょう an no jou: just as one thought; as usual; sure enough

会者定離 | えしゃじょうり esha jouri
: those who meet must part (suggesting the transient nature of this life); we meet only to part

全面否定 | ぜんめんひてい zenmen hitei
: total denial; complete denial; denying totally (flatly, outright)

定めなき空 | さだめなきそら sadamenakisora: changeable weather

Chinese idiom | chengyu 成語 | proverb
下定決心 xia4 ding4 jue2 xin1: to make a firm resolution

一口咬定 yi1 kou3 yao3 ding4
: to arbitrarily assert; to allege; to stick to one’s statement; to cling to one’s view

一言為[为]定 yi1 yan2 wei2 ding4
: one word and it’s settled: It’s a deal! That’s settled then

命中註[注]定 ming4 zhong1 zhu4 ding4
: decreed by fate: destined; fated

把持不定 ba3 chi2 bu4 ding4: indecisive

蓋棺定論 [盖棺定论] gai4 guan1 ding4 lun4
: definitive conclusion on the coffin lid: You can only judge a person’s merits or demerits after death. Don’t pass judgment until you’ve seen the end