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定 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十一卜人 (JMYO), four-corner 30801, composition ⿱宀𤴓)

simp. and trad. 定

| | Old Chinese | | | -------------------------------- | ------------------------- | | 綻 | *rdeːns | | 淀 | *deːns | | 靛 | *deːns | | 症 | *tjɯŋs | | 竀 | *rtʰeːŋ, *tʰeŋ | | 征 | *tjeŋ | | 怔 | *tjeŋ | | 正 | *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs | | 鉦 | *tjeŋ | | 鴊 | *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs | | 眐 | *tjeŋ | | 佂 | *tjeŋ | | 整 | *tjeŋʔ | | 政 | *tjeŋs | | 証 | *tjeŋs | | 定 | *teːŋs, *deːŋs | | 顁 | *teːŋs | | 錠 | *teːŋs, *deːŋʔ, *deːŋs | | 掟 | *deːŋs |

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *teːŋs, *deːŋs) : semantic 宀 + phonetic 正 (OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs)

Possibly related to Burmese တည် (tany, “to lie in repose; to build, form, establish”) (Luce, 1981).

Note: deng6 - variant.

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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 定 定
Reading # 1/3 2/3
ModernBeijing(Pinyin) dìng dìng
MiddleChinese ‹ dengH › ‹ dengH ›
OldChinese /*N-tˁeŋ-s/ /*m-tˁeŋ-s/
English become fixed; settled (v.i.) make fixed, settle (v.t.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 定
Reading # 2/2
No. 17187
Phoneticcomponent 正
Rimegroup 耕
Rimesubdivision 0
CorrespondingMC rime 定
OldChinese /*deːŋs/
Notes 小徐正聲

定

  1. stable; steady; fixed
    我公公揸筆揸得好定。 [Cantonese, _trad._]
    我公公揸笔揸得好定。 [Cantonese, _simp._]
    ngo5 gung1 gung1 zaa1 bat1 zaa1 dak1 hou2 ding6. [Jyutping]
    My grandpa holds the pen really steadily
    之前已經講定 [Cantonese, _trad._]
    之前已经讲定 [Cantonese, _simp._]
    zi1 cin4 ji5 ging1 gong2 ding6 [Jyutping]
    already discussed and settled upon for some time
  2. to fix; to stabilise
  3. to put down; to suppress
  4. to establish; to prepare the ground for
  5. to decide; to resolve
  6. to determine; to settle
  7. to order; to reserve
    定貨／定货 ― dìng huò ― to order goods
    定位 ― dìng wèi ― to reserve a place
  8. certainly; definitely; surely
  9. † after all; at all
  10. (Cantonese) calm
  11. (Cantonese) in advance
    想唔暈船浪，就食定暈浪丸。 [Cantonese, _trad._]
    想唔晕船浪，就食定晕浪丸。 [Cantonese, _simp._]
    soeng2 m4 wan4 syun4 long6, zau6 sik6 ding6 wan4 long6 jyun4-2. [Jyutping]
    If you don't want to get seasick, then take a motion sickness pill in advance.
    我阿媽日日都五點就開定檯等我哋返屋企食飯。 [Cantonese, _trad._]
    我阿妈日日都五点就开定台等我哋返屋企食饭。 [Cantonese, _simp._]
    ngo5 aa3 maa1 jat6 jat6 dou1 ng5 dim2 zau6 hoi1 ding6 toi4-2 dang2 ngo5 dei6 faan1 uk1 kei2 sik6 faan6. [Jyutping]
    My mother sets the table in advance at five o'clock, waiting for us to come home for dinner.
  12. (Cantonese) Short for 定係／定系 (“or”).
    你想食飯定麵啊？ [Cantonese, _trad._]
    你想食饭定面啊？ [Cantonese, _simp._]
    nei5 soeng2 sik6 faan6 ding6 min6 aa3? [Jyutping]
    Do you want to have rice or noodles?
  1. a surname
  2. (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 定 (MC dengH)

Dialectal synonyms of 還是 (“or”) [map]

Variety Location Words edit
Classical Chinese 抑, 或
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 抑或, 還是
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 還是
Singapore 還是
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 還是
Cantonese Guangzhou 定係, 定
Hong Kong 定係, 定, 抑或, 抑或係, 定抑或, 定抑或係, 還是, 定還是, 定還是係
Taishan 毋, 毋又, 抑或
Singapore (Guangfu) 定, 定係
Gan Nanchang 還是
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 還係, 也係
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 還係, 也係
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 還係, 也係
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 還係, 也係
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 還係, 也係
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 抑係
Huizhou Jixi 還是
Eastern Min Fuzhou 故是
Southern Min Xiamen 抑是, 抑
Quanzhou 抑是, 抑
Zhangzhou 抑是, 抑
Taipei 抑是
Penang (Hokkien) 抑是
Singapore (Hokkien) 抑是
Manila (Hokkien) 抑是
Chaozhou 抑是
Singapore (Teochew) 抑是
Wu Shanghai 還是
Xiang Loudi 還是
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 定
Reading # 3/3
ModernBeijing(Pinyin) dìng
MiddleChinese ‹ tengH ›
OldChinese /*tˁeŋ-s/
English ready-cooked (food)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 定
Reading # 1/2
No. 17181
Phoneticcomponent 正
Rimegroup 耕
Rimesubdivision 0
CorrespondingMC rime 矴
OldChinese /*teːŋs/
Notes 見詩

定

  1. (～星) (Chinese astronomy) the Encampment, one of Twenty-Eight Mansions
  2. † forehead
    See also: 顁／𬱫
  3. † Original form of 錠／锭 (dìng, “_Classifier for silver ingots or ink sticks._”).
  4. ‡ A kind of hoe.

定

  1. (Cantonese) Sentence final particle used to make assumptions.

定

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. determine, fix, establish, decide
Kanji in this term
定
さだGrade: 3
kun'yomi

定(さだ) • (Sada)

  1. a female given name

定 (eumhun 정할 정 (jeonghal jeong))

  1. hanja form? of 정 (“decide, settle”)
  2. hanja form? of 정 (“fix”)

定: Hán Nôm readings: định

定 • (định)

  1. chữ Hán form of định (“to decide; to determine; to ascertain”).

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