HSK 6 · Verbs

奠定 diàndìng “to establish” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 奠定 means

  1. to establish
  2. to lay (a foundation)
  3. to fix
  4. to settle

How to say 奠定

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale奠diàn4th 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

奠定 in a sentence

  1. 小时候学的东西为他以后的工作奠定了基础。

    Xiǎoshíhou xué de dōngxi wèi tā yǐhòu de gōngzuò diàndìng le jīchǔ.

    What he learnt as a child laid the foundation for his later work.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这次比赛奠定了她在网球界的地位。

    Zhè cì bǐsài diàndìng le tā zài wǎngqiú jiè de dìwèi.

    This match established her place in the tennis world.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 奠定 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 奠 (diàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
奠diànto fix
  • 酋chief of tribe · qiú
  • 大big · dà
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 奠定

奠 12 strokes · 定 8 strokes

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

Words related to 奠定

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稳定wěndìng · steady

More words: Common Verbs

蹬dēng · to push down with the foot等候děnghòu · to wait得罪dézuì · to offend颠倒diāndǎo · to turn upside down点缀diǎnzhuì · to decorate吊diào · to hang叼diāo · to hold in the mouth跌diē · to fall

FAQs

奠定 (diàndìng) means “to establish” or “to lay (a foundation)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it diàndìng: diàn 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. 奠定 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dianding with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 奠定 from the suggestions. Typing dianding into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
奠定 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.