# 定定
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dìngdìng
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ding$^6$ ding$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thin-thin
    (Hailu, HRS): tin$^˖$ tin$^˖$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiāⁿ-tiāⁿ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dìngdìng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dìngdìng
*** Wade–Giles: ting$^4$-ting$^4$
*** Yale: dìng-dìng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinqdinq
*** Palladius: диндин (dindin)
*** Sinological IPA : /tiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$定定 訂定／订定
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ding$^6$ ding$^6$
*** Yale: dihng dihng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ding$^6$ ding$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ding$^6$ ding$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɪŋ²² tɪŋ²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thin-thin
*** Hakka Romanization System: tin tin
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tin$^4$ tin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰin⁵⁵ tʰin⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: tin$^˖$ tin$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰin³³ tʰin³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāⁿ-tiāⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tiānn-tiānn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dviaxdvia
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tiã²²⁻²¹ tiã²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiã⁴¹⁻²² tiã⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiã²²⁻²¹ tiã²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiã³³⁻¹¹ tiã³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiã³³⁻²¹ tiã³³/

### Adverb

定定
* surely; certainly
* (Southern Min) often
* (Cantonese, Southern Min) calmly; steadily
       nei$^5$ co$^5$ ding$^6$ ding$^6$ hai$^2$ dou$^6$, m$^4$ hou$^2$ zau$^1$ wai$^4$ zau$^2$. [Jyutping]
       Sit here calmly without running around.
* (Hakka) slowly

#### Synonyms

* (surely): 一定 (yīdìng)
* (often):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 經常, 時常, 常常, 時時, 往往, 每每 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 常 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 常常 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 時不見兒, 時不當, 時不當兒, 時不常, 時不常兒, 時不時 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 常常 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 常常, 常, 時常 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 常常, 常, 時常 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 時常, 常常, 隨時, 時不時 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 帶常, 時常 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 常 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 常 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 時時, 時常, 長時, 周時, 遇時, 時不時 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 成日, 經常, 時時, 好多時, 好多時候, 周時, 周不時 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 經常 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 周時 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 千常, 時常 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 輒常, 長時, 時常, 時不時 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 輒輒, 輒常, 長透, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 輒輒, 輒常, 長透, 登常, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 輒輒, 輒常, 長透, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 輒輒, 長在, 輒常, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 經常 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 輒輒, 常勻, 輒常, 長透, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 輒輒, 不時, 輒, 恬恬, 長透, 時時 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 長日 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 三不時, 時不時 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 常常, 時常, 時不時 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 稠稠, 稠, 盡稠 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 定定, 長長, 四常, 時常, 常常, 不時, 不期時 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 定定, 長長, 四常, 時常, 常常, 不時 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 定定, 時常, 常常, 不時, 不期時 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 定定, 時常, 常常, 不時, 捷捷, 沓沓, 常在, 往往 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 定定, 常常, 四常, 不時 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 長時, 惦惦 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 經常, 時常, 時時, 惦惦 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 惦惦 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 長世, 長常 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 常樁, 常常, 經常 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 千常 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 時常, 常時, 常樁 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 老老, 老長 rare, 長常 rare, 長時 rare |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 清清, 常期 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 練常, 打常, 扯常, 扯常子, 時不時 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 練常, 常常 |
* (slowly): 慢慢 (mànmàn); (Hakka) 定定仔; (Hokkien) 寬寬仔／宽宽仔, 勻勻仔／匀匀仔, 勻勻仔是／匀匀仔是, 沓沓仔, 聊聊仔, 慢慢仔

### Particle

定定
* (Hakka, at the end of a phrase) that's all; nothing more

#### Synonyms

* 云爾 (yún'ěr) (literary)
* 但定 (nā-tiāⁿ) (Min Nan)
* 爾爾／尔尔 (niā-niā) (Hokkien)
* 罷了／罢了
* 而已 (éryǐ)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 而已, 云爾 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 而已, 罷了 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 罷了 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 而已 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 罷了 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 而已 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 罷了 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 啫, 咋, 之嘛 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 啫, 咋, 之嘛 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 啫, 之嘛 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 之嘛, 咋 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 之嘛, 逸, 咿 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 之嘛, 咋 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 啫, 之嘛 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 定定 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 定定 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 定定, 定 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 忒等 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 定定 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 定 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 爾爾, 爾 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 爾爾, 爾 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 爾爾, 爾 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 爾爾 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 爾 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 爾, 爾爾 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 定 |