Sentence #8936278 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 决定 is built
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决juéto decide
冫ice · bīng
夬decisive · guài
Memory aidSimplified from 決, water 氵 breaking through a bank. 夬 (guài) gives the sound: to burst, to decide.
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 决定
决 6 strokes · 定 8 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 决定 (juédìng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
决定 (juédìng) means “decide” or “resolve”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it juédìng: jué with a 2nd 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, 决定 is written 決定. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jueding with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 决定 from the suggestions. Typing jueding into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
决定 is an HSK 3 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.
决jué2nd tone, rising
定dìng4th tone, falling
