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
定义
dìngyì
definition; to define
Characters in this word
义 yì
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 丿 — falling stroke
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 如果没有先定义核心概念，后面的讨论很容易陷入混乱。 Rúguǒ méiyǒu xiān dìngyì héxīn gàiniàn, hòumiàn de tǎolùn hěn róngyì xiànrù hùnluàn. If the core concepts are not defined first, the later discussion can easily fall into confusion.
- 老师让我们用自己的话来定义什么是幸福。 Lǎoshī ràng wǒmen yòng zìjǐ de huà lái dìngyì shénme shì xìngfú. The teacher asked us to define in our own words what happiness is.
- 词典里对这个词的定义很简单，一看就懂。 Cídiǎn lǐ duì zhège cí de dìngyì hěn jiǎndān, yí kàn jiù dǒng. The dictionary's definition of this word is simple and understood at a glance.
Related words
- 不一定 bùyídìng not necessarily
- 一定 yídìng definitely; certainly
- 定期 dìngqī regular; at regular times
- 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