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定	U+5B9A, 定 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B9A

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

定Category:Translingual lemmas#宀05定 Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#宀05定 Category:Translingual symbols#宀05定 Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#宀05定 Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#宀05定 Category:Pages with entries#定 Category:Pages with 5 entries#定 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+5, 8 strokes, Cangjie input 十一卜人 (JMYO), four-corner 3080₁, composition ⿱宀𤴓)Category:Han script characters#宀05定

Derived characters

𠉵啶埞婝掟淀䧑椗㱨琔腚碇䘺綻绽聢𦩘蝊諚錠锭靛顁萣𧄌

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 283, character 18

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7109

Dae Jaweon: page 559, character 2

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 918, character 2

Unihan data for U+5B9A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		定
alternative forms		㝎

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 定
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (正) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	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)Category:Han phono-semantic compounds#宀05: semantic 宀 + phonetic 正 (OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): dìng (ding⁴Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#定)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ

Category:Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): din⁴

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): dīng

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дин (din, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ding⁶ / deng⁶

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): deang³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): en⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): tiang⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thin

(Hailu, HRS): tin^˖

(Meixian, Guangdong): tin⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): ding³
Northern Min (KCR): diāng
Eastern Min (BUC): diâng / dêng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dia⁵ / die⁵ / diann⁵ / tia⁵ / tiann⁵ / deng⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tiāⁿ / tēng

(Teochew, Peng'im): dian⁷ / dêng⁶

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): dia¹ / ding⁶
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): dang⁶
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶din
- (Jinhua): ⁶din
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): din⁵ / din⁴

(Hengyang, Wiktionary): din⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìng
  - Wade–Giles: ting⁴
  - Yale: dìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinq
  - Palladius: дин (din)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: din⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: din
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tin²¹³/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: dīng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дин (din, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ding⁶ / deng⁶
  - Yale: dihng / dehng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ding⁶ / deng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ding⁶ / déng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ²²/, /tɛːŋ²²/

Note: deng6 - variant.

- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: deang³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /təŋ³²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: en⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /en³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: tiang⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiaŋ¹¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thin
  - Hakka Romanization System: tin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰin⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: tin^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰin³³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: tin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰin⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ding³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /tiŋ⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: diāng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiaŋ⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: diâng / dêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɑŋ²⁴²/, /tɛiŋ²⁴²/

Note:

diâng - vernacular;
dêng - literary.

Puxian Min
- (Putian, Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dia⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: diāⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tia¹¹/
- (Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: die⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tie¹¹/
- (Donghai)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: diann⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tĩã¹¹/
- (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: diann⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tĩã²¹/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: tia⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: tiāⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰia¹¹/
- (Donghai)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: tiann⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰĩã¹¹/
- (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: tiann⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰĩã²¹/
- (Putian, Jiangkou, Donghai)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: deng⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dēng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛŋ¹¹/
- (Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: deng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /te̞ŋ¹¹/
- (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: deng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛŋ²¹/

Note:

dia5/die5/diann5 - vernacular (e.g. 定做, 定著);
tia5/tiann5 - vernacular (e.g. 廝定);
deng5 - literary (e.g. 決定).

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Hui'an, Yongchun, Zhangpu, Changtai, General Taiwanese, Klang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tiānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dvia
  - Sinological IPA (Nan'an, Klang): /tiã³¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangpu, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiã³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tiã⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Hui'an): /tiã²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun, Changtai): /tiã²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Hui'an, Yongchun, Zhangpu, Changtai, General Taiwanese, Klang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tēng
  - Tâi-lô: tīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: deng
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Klang): /teŋ³¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangpu): /tɛŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Changtai): /teŋ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Hui'an): /teŋ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun): /tiɪŋ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Nan'an): /tiɪŋ³¹/

Note:

tiāⁿ - vernacular;
tēng - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dian⁷ / dêng⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiāⁿ / tĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tĩã¹¹/, /teŋ³⁵/

Note:

dian7 - vernacular;
dêng6 - literary.

- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: dia¹ / ding⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /tia³⁵/, /tiŋ³³/

Note:

dia1 - vernacular;
ding6 - literary.

Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: dang⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /təŋ²²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
  - Wugniu: ⁶din
  - MiniDict: din^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³din
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /din²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /diŋ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /diŋ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /din³¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /din²³¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /diŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /din¹¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /diŋ¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /diŋ¹¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /diŋ¹³/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ⁶din
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /diŋ¹⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: din⁵ / din⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tin²¹/, /tin⁴⁵/

Note:

din5 - vernacular;
din4 - literary.

- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: din⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d̥in²¹³/

Middle Chinese: dengH

Rime
Character	定
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	徒徑切
Baxter	dengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/deŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/deŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/dɛŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛjŋ^H/
Li Rong	/deŋ^H/
Wang Li	/dieŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱieŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ding⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*N-tˤeŋ-s/, /*m-tˤeŋ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*deːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	定	定
Reading #	1/3	2/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dìng	dìng
Middle Chinese	‹ deng^H ›	‹ deng^H ›
Old Chinese	/*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
Phonetic component	正
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	定
Old Chinese	/*deːŋs/
Notes	小徐正聲

Definitions

定Category:Chinese lemmas#宀05 Category:Chinese hanzi#宀05 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#宀05 Category:Pages with entries#定 Category:Pages with 5 entries#定

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
Category:Cantonese terms with usage examples

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
Category:Cantonese terms with usage examples
to fix; to stabilise
to put down; to suppress
to establish; to prepare the ground for
to decide; to resolve
to determine; to settle
to order; to reserve
定貨／定货 ― dìng huò ― to order goodsCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples

定位 ― dìng wèi ― to reserve a placeCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
certainly; definitely; surely
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese Category:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#宀05) after all; at all
(Cantonese Category:Cantonese Chinese#宀05) calm
(Cantonese Category:Cantonese Chinese#宀05) 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 jyun^4-2. [Jyutping]
If you don't want to get seasick, then take a motion sickness pill in advance.
Category:Cantonese terms with usage examples

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 toi^4-2 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.
Category:Cantonese terms with usage examples
(Cantonese Category:Cantonese Chinese#宀05) short for 定係／定系 (“or”)Category:Chinese short forms
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?
Category:Cantonese terms with usage examples
- 1975, “天才與白痴”, in 許冠傑Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#定 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#定, 薛志雄Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#定 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#定 (lyrics), 天才與白痴Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#定, performed by 許冠傑:
  
  扮懵定蠢才？冇咁易會知 [Cantonese, trad.]
  扮懵定蠢才？冇咁易会知 [Cantonese, simp.]
  baan⁶ mung² ding⁶ ceon² coi⁴? mou⁵ gam³ ji⁶ wui⁵ zi¹ [Jyutping]
  Playing stupid or just dumb? It's not so easy to tell
  Category:Cantonese terms with quotations
a surnameCategory:Chinese surnames#宀05
(～母) (Chinese linguistics Category:zh:Linguistics#宀05) the Middle Chinese initial of 定 (MC dengH)

Synonyms

(to decide; to determine): 決／决 (jué)
(or):

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
Northeastern Mandarin	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
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	時
	Taishan	毋, 毋又, 抑或
	Dongguan	定係, 定
	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
	Shanghai (Yangpu)	還是
	Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang)	還是
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	還是
	Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	還是
	Shanghai (Huinan, Pudong)	還是
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	還是
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	還是
	Shanghai (Qingpu)	還是
	Shanghai (Jiading)	還是
	Shanghai (Yuepu, Baoshan)	還是
Xiang	Loudi	還是

Descendants

→ Thai: เที่ยง (tîiang)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dìng (ding⁴Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#定)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ding³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìng
  - Wade–Giles: ting⁴
  - Yale: dìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinq
  - Palladius: дин (din)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ding³
  - Yale: ding
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ding³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ding³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: tengH

Rime
Character	定
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	丁定切
Baxter	tengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/teŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/teŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛjŋ^H/
Li Rong	/teŋ^H/
Wang Li	/tieŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tieŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ding³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤeŋ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*teːŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	定
Reading #	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dìng
Middle Chinese	‹ teng^H ›
Old Chinese	/*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.