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
定制
dìngzhì
to customize
Characters in this word
制 zhì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 学校为不同水平的学生定制了分层阅读计划。 Xuéxiào wèi bùtóng shuǐpíng de xuésheng dìngzhì le fēncéng yuèdú jìhuà. The school customised tiered reading plans for students at different levels.
- 她请裁缝为婚礼定制了一件红色的衣服。 Tā qǐng cáifeng wèi hūnlǐ dìngzhì le yí jiàn hóngsè de yīfu. She had a tailor make a red dress to order for the wedding.
- 这家工厂可以按照你的要求定制家具。 Zhè jiā gōngchǎng kěyǐ ànzhào nǐ de yāoqiú dìngzhì jiājù. This factory can make furniture to order according to your requirements.
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