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Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "定" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
to set / to fix / to determine / to decide / to order
定 (dìng)
1. 不动的,不变的。
Stable; unchanging.
2. 使不变动。
To stabilize; to make fixed.
3. 平安,平靖(多指局势)。
Peaceful; stable situation.
4. 镇静,安稳(多指情绪)。
Calm; steady (usually refers to emotions).
5. 确凿,必然的。
Sure; certain.
6. 预先约妥。
Pre-arranged; agreed in advance.
7. 姓。
A surname.
本义: 安定;安稳
Original meaning: Stable; secure.
造字法: 会意。从宀, 从正。“正”亦兼表字音。
Character formation: Pictophonetic; combines the radical for roof (宀) and the character for correct (正), which also represents sound.
1. 同本义,与“乱”或“动”相对 ([En.] stable; smooth and steady)
2. 镇静; 宁静 ([En.] quiet)
3. 固定 ([En.] fixed)
动 (dìng)
1. 使安定 ([En.] stabilize)
2. 平定 ([En.] put down)
3. 奠定 ([En.] establish)
4. 决定 ([En.] decide)
5. 确定 ([En.] determine)
6. 规定 ([En.] stipulate)
7. 约定签定,缔结 ([En.] agree to)
8. 止; 停止 ([En.] stop)
9. 判定,断定 ([En.] conclude)
副 (dìng)
1. 一定 ([En.] certainly)
2. 到底; 究竟 ([En.] after all; at all)
引
1. 《说文》:定,安也。
"Shuowen Jiezi": "Ding" means peace.
2. 《诗·大雅·桑柔》:靡所定处。
"Book of Songs": There is no established place.
3. 《诗·小雅·采薇》:岂敢定居,一月三捷。
"Book of Songs": How could I settle down, with victories three in one month?
4. 《礼记·曲礼》:昏定而晨省。
"Book of Rites": At dusk, we settle, and at dawn, we review.
5. 《礼记·月令》:以待阴阳之所定。
"Book of Rites": Awaiting the determinations of yin and yang.
6. 《史记·留侯世家》:天下属安定,何故反乎?
"Records of the Grand Historian": Why rebel if the world is stable?
7. 宋· 文天祥《指南录·后序》:痛定思痛,痛何如哉!
Song Dynasty, Wen Tianxiang, "Postscript to the Guiding Record": Pain, once settled, is still painful!
8. 《资治通鉴》:如其克谐,天下可定也。
"Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance": If it can be harmonized, the world can be established.
例
定迭(定叠。安定,太平); 定害(定搅,定虐。扰乱,扰害); 定帖(稳定; 安定); 定昏(请晚安)
For example: Dingdie (to stabilize); Dinghai (to disturb); Dingtie (to calm); Dinghun (to bid goodnight).
definite / certain / fixed / to fix (on sth) / to determine / to be sure / to ensure / to make certain / to ascertain / to clinch / to recognize / to confirm / OK (on computer dialog box)