# 定

| 定 | U+5B9A, &#23450; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B9A |
| ← 宙 [U+5B99] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 宛 → [U+5B9B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

定 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十一卜人 (JMYO), four-corner 3080$_1$, composition ⿱宀𤴓)

#### 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
### Glyph origin

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

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): dìng (ding$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): din$^4$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дин (din, III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ding$^6$ / deng$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): en$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): tiang$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thin
    (Hailu, HRS): tin$^˖$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): tin$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ding$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): diāng
* Eastern Min (BUC): diâng / dêng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dia$^5$ / diaⁿ$^5$ / deng$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tiāⁿ / tēng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dian$^7$ / dêng$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$din
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): din$^4$ / din$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dìng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dìng
*** Wade–Giles: ting$^4$
*** Yale: dìng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinq
*** Palladius: дин (din)
*** Sinological IPA : /tiŋ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: din$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: din
*** Sinological IPA : /tin²¹³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дин (din, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /tiŋ⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ding$^6$ / deng$^6$
*** Yale: dihng / dehng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ding$^6$ / deng$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ding$^6$ / déng$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɪŋ²²/, /tɛːŋ²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: en$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /en³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: tiang$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiaŋ¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thin
*** Hakka Romanization System: tin
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰin⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: tin$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰin³³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰin⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ding$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tiŋ⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: diāng
*** Sinological IPA : /tiaŋ⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: diâng / dêng
*** Sinological IPA : /tiɑŋ²⁴²/, /tɛiŋ²⁴²/
* diâng - vernacular;
* dêng - literary.
* 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 | ding$^6$ |
* 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
* stable; steady; fixed
       ngo$^5$ gung$^1$ gung$^1$ zaa$^1$ bat$^1$ zaa$^1$ dak$^1$ hou$^2$ ding$^6$. [Jyutping]
       My grandpa holds the pen really steadily
       zi$^1$ cin$^4$ ji$^5$ ging$^1$ gong$^2$ ding$^6$ [Jyutping]
       already discussed and settled upon for some time
* 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 goods
    定位 ― dìng wèi ― to reserve a place
* certainly; definitely; surely
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) after all; at all
* (Cantonese) calm
* (Cantonese) in advance
       soeng$^2$ m$^4$ wan$^4$ syun$^4$ long$^6$, zau$^6$ sik$^6$ ding$^6$ wan$^4$ long$^6$ jyun$^{4-2}$. [Jyutping]
       If you don't want to get seasick, then take a motion sickness pill in advance.
       ngo$^5$ aa$^3$ maa$^1$ jat$^6$ jat$^6$ dou$^1$ ng$^5$ dim$^2$ zau$^6$ hoi$^1$ ding$^6$ toi$^{4-2}$ dang$^2$ ngo$^5$ dei$^6$ faan$^1$ uk$^1$ kei$^2$ sik$^6$ faan$^6$. [Jyutping]
       My mother sets the table in advance at five o'clock, waiting for us to come home for dinner.
* (Cantonese) Short for 定係／定系 (“or”).
       nei$^5$ soeng$^2$ sik$^6$ faan$^6$ ding$^6$ min$^6$ aa$^3$? [Jyutping]
       Do you want to have rice or noodles?
** 1975, “天才與白痴”, in 許冠傑, 薛志雄 (lyrics), 天才與白痴, performed by 許冠傑:
       baan$^6$ mung$^2$ ding$^6$ ceon$^2$ coi$^4$? mou$^5$ gam$^3$ ji$^6$ wui$^5$ zi$^1$ [Jyutping]
       Playing stupid or just dumb? It's not so easy to tell
* a surname
* (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 定 (MC dengH)

##### Synonyms

* (to decide; to determine): 決／决 (jué)
* (or):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 抑, 或 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 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 |
| Cantonese | 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 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 毋, 毋又, 抑或 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 定, 定係 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 還是 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 還係, 也係 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 還係, 也係 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 還係, 也係 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 還係, 也係 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 還係, 也係 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 抑係 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 還是 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 故是 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 抑是, 抑 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 抑是, 抑 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 抑是, 抑 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 抑是 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 抑是 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 抑是 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 抑是 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 抑是 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 抑是 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 還是 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 還是 |

#### Descendants

* → Thai: เที่ยง (tîiang)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dìng (ding$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ding$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dìng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dìng
*** Wade–Giles: ting$^4$
*** Yale: dìng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinq
*** Palladius: дин (din)
*** Sinological IPA : /tiŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ding$^3$
*** Yale: ding
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ding$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ding$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /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 | ding$^3$ |
* 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. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 定 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 17181 |
| Phonetic component | 正 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 矴 |
| Old Chinese | /*teːŋs/ |
| Notes | 見詩 |

#### Definitions

定
* (～星) (Chinese astronomy) the Encampment, one of Twenty-Eight Mansions
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Dìng zhī fāngzhōng, zuò yú Chǔgōng. [Pinyin]
    When Ding culminated [at night fall], He began to build the palace at Chu.
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) forehead
    See also: 顁／𬱫
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Lín zhī dìng, zhēnzhēn gōngxìng. Xūjiē lín xī. [Pinyin]
    The forehead of the Lin: The noble grandsons of our prince, Ah! they are the Lin!
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 錠／锭 (dìng, “Classifier for silver ingots or ink sticks.”).
* (historical dictionaries only) A kind of hoe.

##### Synonyms

* (the Encampment): 營室／营室, 室 (Shì)

### Compounds

* 一口咬定 (yīkǒuyǎodìng)
* 一定 (yīdìng)
* 一定不易 (yīdìngbùyì)
* 一定不移 (yīdìngbùyí)
* 一拳柱定
* 一言定交
* 一言為定 / 一言为定 (yīyánwéidìng)
* 一言而定
* 下定 (xiàdìng)
* 下插定
* 不一定 (bùyīdìng)
* 不定 (bùdìng)
* 不定交
* 不定冠詞 / 不定冠词 (bùdìng guàncí)
* 不定量
* 串定
* 二項定理 / 二项定理
* 互定
* 人事莫定
* 人定
* 人定勝天 / 人定胜天 (réndìngshèngtiān)
* 以定
* 伯力協定 / 伯力协定
* 保不定 (bǎobudìng)
* 保定 (Bǎodìng)
* 保定府
* 保定法
* 倍比定律
* 假定 (jiǎdìng)
* 停戰協定 / 停战协定
* 傳檄而定 / 传檄而定
* 傾蓋定交 / 倾盖定交
* 克定
* 入定 (rùdìng)
* 內定 / 内定 (nèidìng)
* 全盤否定 / 全盘否定 (quánpánfǒudìng)
* 公定 (gōngdìng)
* 公定價格 / 公定价格
* 准定 (zhǔndìng)
* 出定
* 分定
* 刊定
* 判定 (pàndìng)
* 制定 (zhìdìng)
* 劃定 / 划定 (huàdìng)
* 劈排定對 / 劈排定对
* 劈牌定對 / 劈牌定对
* 動物保定 / 动物保定
* 協定 / 协定 (xiédìng)
* 協定稅率 / 协定税率
* 印鑑鑑定 / 印鉴鉴定
* 原定 (yuándìng)
* 反覆不定
* 古定刀 (gǔdìngdāo)
* 君子協定 / 君子协定 (jūnzǐ xiédìng)
* 否定 (fǒudìng)
* 命中注定 (mìngzhōngzhùdìng)
* 命中註定 / 命中注定 (mìngzhōngzhùdìng)
* 咬定
* 咬定牙根
* 咬定牙關 / 咬定牙关
* 商定 (shāngdìng)
* 四禪八定 / 四禅八定
* 回定
* 因式定理 (yīnshì dìnglǐ)
* 固定 (gùdìng)
* 固定作用
* 固定匯率 / 固定汇率
* 固定成本
* 固定格式
* 固定液
* 固定詞組 / 固定词组
* 固定資本 / 固定资本
* 固定資產 / 固定资产 (gùdìng zīchǎn)
* 固定重音
* 國定 / 国定
* 國定假日 / 国定假日
* 坐定 (zuòdìng)
* 堅定 / 坚定 (jiāndìng)
* 堅定不移 / 坚定不移 (jiāndìngbùyí)
* 塵埃落定 / 尘埃落定 (chén'āiluòdìng)
* 多定
* 大勢已定 / 大势已定
* 大定 (Dàdìng)
* 大局已定
* 天定 (Tiāndìng)
* 天緣注定 / 天缘注定
* 奠定 (diàndìng)
* 學力鑑定 / 学力鉴定
* 安培定則 / 安培定则
* 安定 (āndìng)
* 安定器
* 安定均衡
* 安定學派 / 安定学派
* 安定翼
* 安邦定國 / 安邦定国 (ānbāngdìngguó)
* 定下
* 定中門 / 定中门 (Dìngzhōngmén)
* 定之方中
* 定交
* 定位 (dìngwèi)
* 定例 (dìnglì)
* 定價 / 定价 (dìngjià)
* 定光油兒 / 定光油儿
* 定准
* 定分
* 定則 / 定则
* 定力 (dìnglì)
* 定勝敗 / 定胜败 (dìng shèngbài)
* 定勢 / 定势
* 定名 (dìngmíng)
* 定向 (dìngxiàng)
* 定向天線 / 定向天线
* 定命 (dìngmìng)
* 定員 / 定员 (dìngyuán)
* 定器
* 定在
* 定城 (Dìngchéng)
* 定型 (dìngxíng)
* 定場白 / 定场白
* 定場詩 / 定场诗
* 定天下
* 定奪 / 定夺 (dìngduó)
* 定子 (dìngzǐ)
* 定存 (dìngcún)
* 定安 (Dìng'ān)
* 官定
* 定定 (dìngdìng)
* 定害
* 定局 (dìngjú)
* 定居 (dìngjū)
* 定州 (Dìngzhōu)
* 定庚
* 定弓田
* 定弓虛稅 / 定弓虚税
* 定弦
* 定形 (dìngxíng)
* 定律 (dìnglǜ)
* 定心 (dìngxīn)
* 定心丸 (dìngxīnwán)
* 定心定意
* 定性 (dìngxìng)
* 定性睜睛 / 定性睁睛
* 定情 (dìngqíng)
* 定應 / 定应
* 定所
* 定數 / 定数 (dìngshù)
* 定數難逃 / 定数难逃
* 定斷 / 定断
* 定於一尊 / 定于一尊 (dìngyúyīzūn)
* 定日 (Dìngrì)
* 定昏
* 定時 / 定时 (dìngshí)
* 定時器 / 定时器 (dìngshíqì)
* 定時炸彈 / 定时炸弹 (dìngshí zhàdàn)
* 定時號誌 / 定时号志 (dìngshí hàozhì)
* 定時鐘 / 定时钟
* 定時開關 / 定时开关
* 定更
* 定期 (dìngqī)
* 定期保險 / 定期保险
* 定期存款 (dìngqī cúnkuǎn)
* 定期票
* 定本 (dìngběn)
* 定格 (dìnggé)
* 定案 (dìng'àn)
* 定步觀瞻 / 定步观瞻
* 定死
* 定準 / 定准
* 定滑輪 / 定滑轮
* 定然 (dìngrán)
* 定物
* 定率
* 定理 (dìnglǐ)
* 定瓷
* 定產 / 定产 (dìngchǎn)
* 定當 / 定当
* 定疊 / 定叠
* 定盟
* 定盤星 / 定盘星
* 定相
* 定省
* 定睛 (dìngjīng)
* 定睛一相
* 定睛一看
* 定睛細看 / 定睛细看
* 定神 (dìngshén)
* 定神順氣 / 定神顺气
* 定禮 / 定礼 (dìnglǐ)
* 定稿 (dìnggǎo)
* 定窯 / 定窑
* 定策
* 定約 / 定约 (dìngyuē)
* 定罪 (dìngzuì)
* 定置網 / 定置网
* 定義 / 定义 (dìngyì)
* 定苗
* 定裝 / 定装
* 定裝照 / 定装照
* 定襄 (Dìngxiāng)
* 定見 / 定见 (dìngjiàn)
* 定規 / 定规 (dìngguī)
* 定計 / 定计 (dìngjì)
* 定評 / 定评
* 定說 / 定说
* 定論 / 定论 (dìnglùn)
* 定讞 / 定谳 (dìngyàn)
* 定軍山 / 定军山
* 定遠 / 定远 (Dìngyuǎn)
* 定都 (dìngdū)
* 定醒
* 定量 (dìngliàng)
* 定銀 / 定银 (dìngyín)
* 定錢 / 定钱 (dìngqián)
* 定限
* 定音鼓 (dìngyīngǔ)
* 定章
* 定額 / 定额 (dìng'é)
* 定風旗 / 定风旗
* 定體 / 定体
* 定點 / 定点 (dìngdiǎn)
* 定鼎
* 定鼎訏謨 / 定鼎𬣙谟
* 審定 / 审定 (shěndìng)
* 審時定勢 / 审时定势
* 小定兒 / 小定儿
* 居無定所 / 居无定所 (jūwúdìngsuǒ)
* 已定 (yǐdìng)
* 平定 (píngdìng)
* 平心定氣 / 平心定气 (píngxīndìngqì)
* 底定 (dǐdìng)
* 庫侖定律 / 库仑定律
* 康定 (Kāngdìng)
* 心平氣定 / 心平气定
* 心神不定 (xīnshénbùdìng)
* 心魂不定
* 必定 (bìdìng)
* 忐忑不定
* 恆定 / 恒定 (héngdìng)
* 意定
* 惶惶不定
* 慣性定律 / 惯性定律
* 打定
* 打定主意
* 扶危定亂 / 扶危定乱
* 扶危定傾 / 扶危定倾
* 把定 (bǎdìng)
* 把定了心
* 把定物
* 把持不定
* 技能檢定 / 技能检定
* 拿不定
* 拿定
* 指定 (zhǐdìng)
* 指定打擊 / 指定打击
* 指定轉接 / 指定转接
* 指揮若定 / 指挥若定 (zhǐhuīruòdìng)
* 指紋鑑定 / 指纹鉴定
* 捉摸不定
* 推定 (tuīdìng)
* 排定 (páidìng)
* 捺定性子
* 插定 (chādìng)
* 搭伏定
* 搞定 (gǎodìng)
* 搭扶定
* 搖擺不定 / 摇摆不定 (yáobǎibùdìng)
* 操作定義 / 操作定义
* 擬定 / 拟定 (nǐdìng)
* 改定 (gǎidìng)
* 放定
* 敲定 (qiāodìng)
* 文定 (wéndìng)
* 文書鑑定 / 文书鉴定
* 料定 (liàodìng)
* 斷定 / 断定 (duàndìng)
* 既定 (jìdìng)
* 昏定晨省
* 明文規定 / 明文规定 (míngwénguīdìng)
* 晨昏定省
* 更定 (gēngdìng)
* 未定 (wèidìng)
* 未定之天
* 查理定律
* 核定 (hédìng)
* 槓桿定律 / 杠杆定律
* 檢定 / 检定 (jiǎndìng)
* 檢定考試 / 检定考试
* 欽定 / 钦定 (qīndìng)
* 歐姆定律 / 欧姆定律 (Ōumǔ dìnglǜ)
* 正定 (zhèngdìng)
* 氣充志定 / 气充志定
* 氣定神閒 / 气定神闲 (qìdìngshénxián)
* 永定河 (Yǒngdìng Hé)
* 決定 / 决定 (juédìng)
* 決定性 / 决定性 (juédìngxìng)
* 決定權 / 决定权 (juédìngquán)
* 決定論 / 决定论 (juédìnglùn)
* 注定 (zhùdìng)
* 泰定
* 法定 (fǎdìng)
* 法定人數 / 法定人数 (fǎdìng rénshù)
* 法定代理
* 法定程序
* 法定空地
* 法定血親 / 法定血亲
* 法定認領 / 法定认领
* 淡定 (dàndìng)
* 測定 / 测定 (cèdìng)
* 無定河 / 无定河
* 熱定型 / 热定型
* 牢定
* 特定 (tèdìng)
* 生死分定
* 界定 (jièdìng)
* 畢氏定理 / 毕氏定理 (Bì-shì dìnglǐ)
* 痛定思痛 (tòngdìngsītòng)
* 白定碗
* 目定口呆 (mùdìngkǒudāi)
* 硬性規定 / 硬性规定
* 確定 / 确定 (quèdìng)
* 確定判決 / 确定判决
* 確定故意 / 确定故意
* 神安氣定 / 神安气定
* 禪定 / 禅定 (chándìng)
* 科定
* 穩定 / 稳定 (wěndìng)
* 穩定平衡 / 稳定平衡
* 穩定度 / 稳定度
* 竄定 / 窜定
* 立定 (lìdìng)
* 立定腳跟 / 立定脚跟
* 站定
* 筆跡鑑定 / 笔迹鉴定
* 管定
* 篤定 / 笃定 (dǔdìng)
* 簽定 / 签定
* 約定 / 约定 (yuēdìng)
* 紅定 / 红定
* 約定俗成 / 约定俗成 (yuēdìngsúchéng)
* 紳士協定 / 绅士协定
* 結定 / 结定
* 綏定 / 绥定 (suídìng)
* 緣定三生 / 缘定三生
* 翕定
* 老僧入定
* 聘定
* 肯定 (kěndìng)
* 肯定命題 / 肯定命题
* 胸有定見 / 胸有定见
* 自我肯定
* 舉棋不定 / 举棋不定 (jǔqíbùdìng)
* 萍蹤不定 / 萍踪不定
* 萍蹤靡定 / 萍踪靡定
* 蓋棺事定 / 盖棺事定
* 蓋棺論定 / 盖棺论定 (gàiguānlùndìng)
* 虎克定律
* 行蹤無定 / 行踪无定
* 裁定 (cáidìng)
* 製定 / 制定 (zhìdìng)
* 西奈協定 / 西奈协定
* 規定 / 规定 (guīdìng)
* 規定地價 / 规定地价
* 訂定 / 订定 (dìngdìng)
* 設定 / 设定 (shèdìng)
* 設定質權 / 设定质权
* 評定 / 评定 (píngdìng)
* 註定 / 注定 (zhùdìng)
* 說不定 / 说不定 (shuōbùdìng)
* 認定 / 认定 (rèndìng)
* 說定 / 说定 (shuōdìng)
* 論定 / 论定
* 謀定後動 / 谋定后动
* 議定 / 议定 (yìdìng)
* 議定書 / 议定书 (yìdìngshū)
* 買定 / 买定
* 貿易協定 / 贸易协定
* 赫柏定律
* 跟定 (gēndìng)
* 逐定
* 運動定律 / 运动定律
* 道定
* 遴定
* 選定 / 选定 (xuǎndìng)
* 酌定 (zhuódìng)
* 釐定 (lídìng)
* 銓定考試 / 铨定考试
* 鋪謀定計 / 铺谋定计
* 鎖定 / 锁定 (suǒdìng)
* 鎮定 / 镇定 (zhèndìng)
* 鎮定劑 / 镇定剂
* 鐵定 / 铁定 (tiědìng)
* 鑒定 / 鉴定 (jiàndìng)
* 鑑定 / 鉴定 (jiàndìng)
* 限定 (xiàndìng)
* 限定語 / 限定语
* 限武協定 / 限武协定
* 陰晴不定 / 阴晴不定
* 隸定 / 隶定 (lìdìng)
* 雲形定規 / 云形定规
* 非定命論 / 非定命论
* 預定 / 预定 (yùdìng)
* 額定 / 额定 (édìng)
* 風定天晴 / 风定天晴
* 飄忽不定 / 飘忽不定 (piāohūbùdìng)
* 餘弦定律 / 余弦定律
* 驚疑不定 / 惊疑不定
* 驚神未定 / 惊神未定
* 鮑羅定 / 鲍罗定
* 點定 / 点定

### Pronunciation 3

* Cantonese (Jyutping): ding$^{6-2}$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ding$^{6-2}$
*** Yale: díng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ding$^{6-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ding$^{6-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɪŋ²²⁻³⁵/

#### Definitions

定
* (Cantonese) Sentence final particle used to make assumptions.

##### Derived terms

* 都唔定 (dou$^1$ m$^4$ ding$^{6-2}$)
* 都未定 (dou$^1$ mei$^6$ ding$^{6-2}$)

### References

* “定”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)
* determine, fix, establish, decide

#### Readings

* Go-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: てい (tei, Jōyō)
* Kun: さだむ (sadamu, 定む)、さだまる (sadamaru, 定まる, Jōyō)、さだめる (sadameru, 定める, Jōyō)、さだか (sadaka, 定か, Jōyō)

#### Compounds

* 定冠詞(ていかんし) (teikanshi): definite article
* 定義(ていぎ) (teigi): definition
* 設定(せってい) (settei): setup, creation, settings
* 勘定(かんじょう) (kanjō): bill, check
* 予定(よてい) (yotei): schedule
* 肯(こう)定(てい)する (kōteisuru): to affirm
* 否(ひ)定(てい)する (hiteisuru): to deny

### Proper noun

* Kanji in this term
* 定
* さだ Grade: 3
* kun'yomi
定(さだ) • (Sada)
* a female given name

## Korean
### Hanja

定 (eumhun 정할 정 (jeonghal jeong))
* hanja form of 정 (“decide, settle”)
* hanja form of 정 (“fix”)

#### Compounds

* 인정 (認定, injeong, “recognition; authorization”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

定: Hán Nôm readings: định

### Verb

定 • (định)
* chữ Hán form of định (“to decide; to determine; to ascertain”).