HSK 5 · Verbs

制定 zhìdìng “to draw up” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 制定 means

  1. to draw up
  2. to formulate

How to say 制定

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale制zhì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale定dìng4th tone, falling

制定 in a sentence

  1. 你们准备如何达到你们制定的目标?

    Nǐmen zhǔnbèi rúhé dádào nǐmen zhìdìng de mùbiāo?

    How are you planning to reach the goals you’ve set?

    Sentence #805521 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 只要制定学习计划,就能有效地取得进步。

    Zhǐyào zhìdìng xuéxí jìhuà, jiù néng yǒuxiào de qǔdé jìnbù.

    As long as you make a study plan, you can make real progress.

    Sentence #13519339 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 制定 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 制 (zhì) drawn as one shape
制zhìsystem

制 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

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 制定

制 8 strokes · 定 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 制定

Words with 制

Words with 定

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FAQs

制定 (zhìdìng) means “to draw up” or “to formulate”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhìdìng: zhì with a 4th 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.
Yes. 制定 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhiding with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 制定 from the suggestions. Typing zhiding into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
制定 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.