HSK 6 · Verbs

断定 duàndìng “to conclude” in Chinese

Traditional 斷定

What 断定 means

  1. to conclude
  2. to determine
  3. to come to a judgment

How to say 断定

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale断duàn4th 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

断定 in a sentence

  1. 昨晚的火灾被断定为由纵火引起的。

    Zuówǎn de huǒzāi bèi duàndìng wéi yóu zònghuǒ yǐnqǐ de.

    Last night’s fire was found to have been started deliberately.

    Sentence #339441 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 断定 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 断 (duàn) drawn as one shape
断duànto break

断 is a single shape of 11 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 断定

断 11 strokes · 定 8 strokes

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

Words related to 断定

Words with 断

判断pànduàn · to judge断duàn · to break诊断zhěnduàn · to diagnose不断búduàn · unceasing断绝duànjué · to break off中断zhōngduàn · to interrupt果断guǒduàn · decisive垄断lǒngduàn · monopoly片断piànduàn · fragment

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: Thinking & Talking

出神chūshén · to be lost in thought磋商cuōshāng · to consult答复dáfù · to reply叮嘱dīngzhǔ · to urge repeatedly督促dūcù · to supervise and urge对照duìzhào · to compare发呆fādāi · to stare blankly发觉fājué · to discover

FAQs

断定 (duàndìng) means “to conclude” or “to determine”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it duàndìng: duàn 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 断定 is written 斷定. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type duanding with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 断定 from the suggestions. Typing duanding into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
断定 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.