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
定居
dìngjū
to settle down; to take up residence
Characters in this word
居 jū
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 户 — door
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他们在海外工作多年后，最终选择回到成都定居。 Tāmen zài hǎiwài gōngzuò duō nián hòu, zuìzhōng xuǎnzé huí dào Chéngdū dìngjū. After working overseas for many years, they eventually chose to return to Chengdu and settle there.
- 爷爷奶奶退休后在南方的小城定居了。 Yéye nǎinai tuìxiū hòu zài nánfāng de xiǎochéng dìngjū le. After retiring, my grandparents settled in a small town in the south.
- 很多留学生毕业后想在这座城市定居。 Hěn duō liúxuéshēng bìyè hòu xiǎng zài zhè zuò chéngshì dìngjū. Many international students want to settle in this city after graduating.
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