HSK 5 · Adjectives

稳定 wěndìng “steady” in Chinese

Traditional 穩定

What 稳定 means

  1. steady
  2. stable
  3. stability
  4. to stabilise
  5. to pacify

How to say 稳定

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale稳wěn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale定dìng4th tone, falling

稳定 in a sentence

  1. 经济繁荣稳定，是每个政府都想达到的目标。

    Jīngjì fánróng wěndìng, shì měi ge zhèngfǔ dōu xiǎng dádào de mùbiāo.

    A prosperous, stable economy is the goal of every government.

    Sentence #373395 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 这个病人正在稳定地康复中。

    Zhè ge bìngrén zhèngzài wěndìng de kāngfù zhōng.

    The patient is steadily recovering.

    Sentence #844522 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 价格一直在稳定地攀升。

    Jiàgé yìzhí zài wěndìng de pānshēng.

    Prices have been climbing steadily.

    Sentence #840742 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 稳定 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 稳 (wěn) with each of its parts in a different colour
稳wěnsettled; steady; stable
  • 禾grain · héMeaning part
  • 急anxious · jí

禾 hints at the meaning (grain); 㥯 () hints at the sound. Compare it with wěn.

The character 定 (dìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
定dìngto fix; to set; to make definite
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 疋roll of cloth · pǐ

Memory aidA roof 宀 over 正 “upright”, squashed at the bottom so it looks like 疋: settled, fixed.

How to write 稳定

稳 14 strokes · 定 8 strokes

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稳定 (wěndìng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 稳定 (wěndìng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 稳定

Words with 定

一定yídìng · surely决定juédìng · decide定dìng · to decide肯定kěndìng · to be certain规定guīdìng · to stipulate否定fǒudìng · to negate确定quèdìng · to confirm固定gùdìng · to fix制定zhìdìng · to draw up说不定shuōbudìng · can’t say for sure

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FAQs

稳定 (wěndìng) means “steady” or “stable”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it wěndìng: wěn with a 3rd tone, then dìng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 稳定 is written 穩定. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wending with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 稳定 from the suggestions. Typing wending into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
稳定 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.