HSK 6 · Verbs

鉴定 jiàndìng “to appraise” in Chinese

Traditional 鑑定

What 鉴定 means

  1. to appraise
  2. to authenticate
  3. appraisal
  4. to examine sth to determine its authenticity, quality, value etc
  5. to evaluate

How to say 鉴定

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale鉴jiàn4th 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

鉴定 in a sentence

  1. 这件古董已经请专家鉴定过了。

    Zhè jiàn gǔdǒng yǐjīng qǐng zhuānjiā jiàndìng guo le.

    This antique has already been appraised by an expert.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 鉴定结果说明这是真的。

    Jiàndìng jiéguǒ shuōmíng zhè shì zhēn de.

    The appraisal shows that it’s genuine.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 鉴定 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 鉴 (jiàn) drawn as one shape
鉴jiànbronze mirror

鉴 is a single shape of 13 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 鉴定

鉴 13 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.

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

Words related to 鉴定

Words with 鉴

鉴别jiànbié · to distinguish借鉴jièjiàn · to learn from鉴于jiànyú · in view of

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

忽略hūlüè · to overlook混淆hùnxiáo · to confuse呼吁hūyù · to appeal鉴别jiànbié · to distinguish检讨jiǎntǎo · self-criticism交代jiāodài · to explain交涉jiāoshè · to negotiate借鉴jièjiàn · to learn from

FAQs

鉴定 (jiàndìng) means “to appraise” or “to authenticate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiàndìng: jiàn 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, 鉴定 is written 鑑定. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jianding with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 鉴定 from the suggestions. Typing jianding into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
鉴定 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.