定 (ding6 deng6 | ding4) : stable; decide; surely; order; deposit

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定

ding6 deng6

ding4

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

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

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

定

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額定 ngaak6 ding6 e2 ding4 = specified (number or amout)

定係 ding6 hai6 = or 粵

一定 jat1 ding6 yi2 ding4 = certainly; for sure; definitely; without doubt

肯定 hang2 ding6 ken3 ding4 = definitely

阻定 zo2 deng6 = obstructing; in the way 粵

話唔定 waa6 m4 ding6 = perhaps; maybe 粵

說不定 syut3 bat1 ding6 shuo1 bu5 ding4 (PRC) / shuo1 bu4*2 (Taiwan) ding4 = perhaps; maybe 國

決定 kyut3 ding6 jue2 ding4 = to decide; decision

儲定錢 cou5 ding6 cin2 = save money beforehand 粵

坐唔定 co5 m4 ding6 zuo4 wu2 ding4 = be restless; cannot sit still 粵
See all 221 compounds (CantoDict reports 238 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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你想食牛肉定係豬肉呀？粵
Do you want to eat beef or pork?

你想食麵定係食飯呀？粵
Do you want to eat noodles or rice?

你想食飯定食麵呀？粵
Do you want to eat rice or noodles?
[Lit. you want eat rice or eat noodle [particle]?]

我而家要決定。粵
I have to decide now.

昨天已經決定了。國
It was already decided yesterday.

我一定要睇電視粵
I must watch TV!
[(spoken by someone obviously addicted to TV!)]

我哋樖聖誕樹係真定係假㗎? 粵
Shall we get a real Christmas tree or an artificial one?

究竟有雞先，定係有蛋先呢？粵 ?!
Actually, does chicken come first or egg first?

讀書，你決定去美國定去法國呀？粵
Have you decided to go to America or France to study?

噉嘅設計好定壞就見仁見智啦粵
Whether such a design is good or bad, is a matter of opinion.

我以為有個攝影師做男朋友，佢一定會幫我影好多靚相，殊不知佢一張相都冇幫我影過。粵
I had the idea that by having a photographer as boyfriend, I would have many of my pictures taken. Little did I know that none of the photographs were of me.

紅湯定白湯? 粵
Borscht or cream soup?

你係攞景定係贈興呀！粵
You are mocking us or being sarcastic!

間酒店冇理由咁平格，話唔定啲房有鬼。粵
There is no reason why the rates for this hotel is so low. Maybe there are ghosts in the rooms.
[Final particle 格 is the affective version of 㗎.]

每晚臨瞓前，我一定會祈禱。粵
Everynight before I sleep, I must pray.

我地一定會將呢件事查到水落石出。粵
we must investigate this incident till the truth comes out.
[[also]查個水落石出 ]

我以後一定會加倍小心
I will certainly be much more careful in the future.
[加倍小心 literally means "add on double amount of carefulness", which implies "(be)much more careful"]

如果你真係有興趣學好廣東話嘅話，你就一定要聽多啲香港台粵
If you want to learn Cantonese, you must listen to more Hong Kong radio.
[Lit. If you really have interest study-well Cantonese [conditional delimiter], you then must listen more Hong Kong channel.]

講出嚟肯定有幫助。粵
It would certainly help if you speak out.
[The whole sentence is composed of 5 separate verbs: 講, 出嚟, 肯定, 有, and 幫助. Coming together, 講 becomes the single verb; 出嚟 functions as a directional particle; 肯定 is converted into an adverb; 有 and 幫助 combine as an adjective ]

佢哋開緊會﹐好快就會決定數千員工嘅命運。粵
They are holding a meeting which would soon decide the fate of thousands of employees.
[The second part of this sentence is a relative clause. The Cantonese clause differs from the English one by omitting the relative pronoun "which". ]

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