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
定金
dìngjīn
deposit; earnest money
Characters in this word
金 jīn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 金 — gold, metal
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 买方支付定金后，若单方面取消交易，可能无权要求退还。 Mǎifāng zhīfù dìngjīn hòu, ruò dānfāngmiàn qǔxiāo jiāoyì, kěnéng wú quán yāoqiú tuìhuán. After paying a deposit, the buyer may have no right to demand its return if they unilaterally cancel the transaction.
- 我先付了两成定金，剩下的下周再付。 Wǒ xiān fù le liǎng chéng dìngjīn, shèngxià de xiàzhōu zài fù. I paid a twenty percent deposit first and will pay the rest next week.
- 交了定金以后，商家会把这辆车留给你。 Jiāo le dìngjīn yǐhòu, shāngjiā huì bǎ zhè liàng chē liú gěi nǐ. After you pay the deposit, the dealer will keep this car for you.
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