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  ding6 deng6   jyutping
  ding4   pinyin
[] ding6 | [] ding4
[1] [adj] stable; calm; composed
[2] [v] decide; fix; set; settle
[3] [adv] surely; certainly; definitely
[4] [] [adv] in advance; ahead of time
[5] [] [conj] shortened form of 定係 'or'

[] deng6 | [] ding4
[1] [v] order; book; subscribe | [variant]
[2] [n] deposit; downpayment | [variant]

Default PoS: adjective Additional PoS: nounverbadverbconjunction
Stroke count: 8
Level: 1
Radical: (#40)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 22323 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Mar 2018 13:34

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detail  ngaak6 ding6  e2 ding4 = specified (number or amout)
detail  ding6 hai6   = or
detail  jat1 ding6  yi2 ding4 = certainly; for sure; definitely; without doubt
detail  hang2 ding6  ken3 ding4 = definitely
detail  zo2 deng6   = obstructing; in the way
detail  waa6 m4 ding6   = perhaps; maybe
detail  syut3 bat1 ding6  shuo1 bu5 ding4 (PRC) / shuo1 bu4*2 (Taiwan) ding4 = perhaps; maybe
detail  kyut3 ding6  jue2 ding4 = to decide; decision
detail  cou5 ding6 cin2   = save money beforehand
detail  co5 m4 ding6  zuo4 wu2 ding4 = be restless; cannot sit still
See all 221 compounds (CantoDict reports 238 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 20 examples containing 定
detail audio 牛肉定係豬肉
Do you want to eat beef or pork?
detail audio 定係食飯
Do you want to eat noodles or rice?
detail 食飯定食
Do you want to eat rice or noodles?
[Lit. you want eat rice or eat noodle [particle]?]
detail audio 而家決定
I have to decide now.
detail 昨天已經決定
It was already decided yesterday.
detail audio 一定要睇電視
I must watch TV!
[(spoken by someone obviously addicted to TV!)]
detail audio 我哋聖誕樹定係?
Shall we get a real Christmas tree or an artificial one?
detail 究竟定係  ?! 
Actually, does chicken come first or egg first?
detail 讀書決定美國法國
Have you decided to go to America or France to study?
detail audio 設計見仁見智
Whether such a design is good or bad, is a matter of opinion.
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