定 dìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 疋 roll, bolt of cloth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
定期
dìngqī
regular; at regular times
Characters in this word
期 qī
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我定期跑步。 Wǒ dìngqī pǎobù. I run regularly.
- 定期看医生。 Dìngqī kàn yīshēng. See a doctor regularly.
- 他定期来。 Tā dìngqī lái. He comes regularly.
Related words
- 不一定 bùyídìng not necessarily
- 一定 yídìng definitely; certainly
- 否定 fǒudìng to negate; to reject
- 规定 guīdìng rule
- 决定 juédìng to decide; decision
- 确定 quèdìng to be sure; to decide
- 制定 zhìdìng to make; to draw up
- 定 dìng to decide; to book
- 固定 gùdìng to fix in place; fixed
- 说不定 shuōbudìng maybe
- 稳定 wěndìng stable
- 坚定 jiāndìng firm; determined