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
定律
dìnglǜ
law; principle
Characters in this word
律 lǜ
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- Made of
- 彳 to step with the left foot 聿 writing brush, pencil
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 能量守恒定律是理解许多物理现象的基础。 Néngliàng shǒuhéng dìnglǜ shì lǐjiě xǔduō wùlǐ xiànxiàng de jīchǔ. The law of conservation of energy is the basis for understanding many physical phenomena.
- 这条定律已经被无数次实验证明了。 Zhè tiáo dìnglǜ yǐjīng bèi wúshù cì shíyàn zhèngmíng le. This law has been proven by countless experiments.
- 老师让我们背会这个定律的公式。 Lǎoshī ràng wǒmen bèi huì zhège dìnglǜ de gōngshì. The teacher told us to memorise the formula of this law.
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