# 決定
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): juédìng
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut$^3$ ding$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kiet-thin / kiat-thin
    (Meixian, Guangdong): giad$^5$ tin$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): giók-dêng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): koat-tēng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): guêg$^4$ dian$^7$ / guag$^4$ dian$^7$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$cioq-din; $^7$ciuq-din
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: juédìng
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyuédìng
*** Wade–Giles: chüeh$^2$-ting$^4$
*** Yale: jywé-dìng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyuedinq
*** Palladius: цзюэдин (czjuedin)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ tiŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kyut$^3$ ding$^6$
*** Yale: kyut dihng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kyt$^8$ ding$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: küd$^3$ ding$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰyːt̚³ tɪŋ²²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiet-thin
*** Hakka Romanization System: gied$^ˋ$ tin
*** Hagfa Pinyim: giad$^5$ tin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯et̚² tʰin⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiat-thin
*** Hakka Romanization System: giad$^ˋ$ tin
*** Hagfa Pinyim: giad$^5$ tin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯at̚² tʰin⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: giad$^5$ tin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kiat̚¹ tʰin⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: giók-dêng
*** Sinological IPA : /kyoʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ tɛiŋ²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koat-tēng
*** Tâi-lô: kuat-tīng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koatdeng
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuat̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪŋ²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kuat̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /kuat̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɪŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /kuat̚³²⁻⁵⁴ tiɪŋ²²/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kuat̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: guêg$^4$ dian$^7$ / guag$^4$ dian$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuek tiāⁿ / kuak tiāⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /kuek̚²⁻⁴ tĩã¹¹/, /kuak̚²⁻⁴ tĩã¹¹/
* guêg4 dian7 - Chaozhou;
* guag4 dian7 - Jieyang.

### Verb

決定
* to decide; to make a decision
    決定下來／决定下来 ― juédìng xiàlái ― to make a decision
    由某人自行決定／由某人自行决定 ― yóu mǒurén zìxíng juédìng ― to be at somebody's discretion
       Běn yuàn juédìng duì gāi àn bùyǔ chóngxīn shěnpàn. [Pinyin]
       This court decided not to retry the case.
* to determine; to govern
    決定因素／决定因素 ― juédìng yīnsù ― determinant

#### Synonyms

* (to decide):
* 下決心 / 下决心 (xià juéxīn)
* 下老毛 (xia$^5$ lau$^3$ mau$^2$) (Xiang)
* 判決 / 判决 (pànjué)
* 定奪 / 定夺 (dìngduó)
* 扚起心肝 (dik$^1$ hei$^2$ sam$^1$ gon$^1$) (Cantonese)
* 拍板 (pāibǎn) (figurative)
* 決心 / 决心 (juéxīn)
* 決意 / 决意 (juéyì)
* 決斷 / 决断 (juéduàn)
* 決計 / 决计 (juéjì)
* 滿意 / 满意 (mǎnyì) (literary)
* 狠心 (hěnxīn)

#### Related terms

* 負責／负责 (fùzé)
* 作主 (zuòzhǔ)

### Noun

決定
* decision
       jīngguò yī fān shēnsīshúlǜ hòu zuòchū de juédìng [Pinyin]
       decision made after some deliberation
       Tā bìxū zài huánghūn qián zuòchū juédìng. [Pinyin]
       She must make the decision before dusk.

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 決(けっ)定(てい) (kettei)
* → Korean: 결정(決定) (gyeoljeong)
* → Vietnamese: quyết định (決定)

### Derived terms

* 決定性 / 决定性 (juédìngxìng)
* 決定權 / 决定权 (juédìngquán)
* 決定簇 / 决定簇 (juédìngcù)
* 決定論 / 决定论 (juédìnglùn)

### References

* “Entry #50031”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 決 | 定 |
| けつ > けっ Grade: 3 | てい Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) けってー [kèttéé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ke̞t̚te̞ː]
* Homophone: 駃騠

### Noun

決(けっ)定(てい) • (kettei)
* decision
    大統領(だいとうりょう)の決定(けってい)に従(したが)った。
       Daitōryō no kettei ni shitagatta.
       I followed the President's decision.
* choice

### Verb

決(けっ)定(てい)する • (kettei suru) suru (stem 決(けっ)定(てい)し (kettei shi), past 決(けっ)定(てい)した (kettei shita))
* to decide
* to decide on; to choose

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 決定し | けっていし | kettei shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 決定し | けっていし | kettei shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 決定する | けっていする | kettei suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 決定する | けっていする | kettei suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 決定すれ | けっていすれ | kettei sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 決定せよ¹ 決定しろ² | けっていせよ¹ けっていしろ² | kettei seyo¹ kettei shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 決定される | けっていされる | kettei sareru |
| Causative | 決定させる 決定さす | けっていさせる けっていさす | kettei saseru kettei sasu |
| Potential | 決定できる | けっていできる | kettei dekiru |
| Volitional | 決定しよう | けっていしよう | kettei shiyō |
| Negative | 決定しない | けっていしない | kettei shinai |
| Negative continuative | 決定せず | けっていせず | kettei sezu |
| Formal | 決定します | けっていします | kettei shimasu |
| Perfective | 決定した | けっていした | kettei shita |
| Conjunctive | 決定して | けっていして | kettei shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 決定すれば | けっていすれば | kettei sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 決 | 定 |

### Noun

決定 • (gyeoljeong) (hangeul 결정)
* hanja form of 결정 (“decision”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 決 | 定 |

### Noun

決定
* chữ Hán form of quyết định (“decision”).

### Verb

決定
* chữ Hán form of quyết định (“to decide”).