HSK 6 · Verbs

拟定 nǐdìng “to draw up” in Chinese

Traditional 擬定

What 拟定 means

  1. to draw up
  2. to draft
  3. to formulate

How to say 拟定

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale拟nǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale定dìng4th tone, falling

拟定 in a sentence

  1. 我们已经拟定了一个旅行计划。

    Wǒmen yǐjīng nǐdìng le yí ge lǚxíng jìhuà.

    We’ve drawn up a travel plan.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 经理让我拟定一份合同。

    Jīnglǐ ràng wǒ nǐdìng yí fèn hétong.

    The manager asked me to draft a contract.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 拟定 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 拟 (nǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
拟nǐdoubtful
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 以according to · yǐSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 以 (yǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with nǐ.

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 拟定

拟 7 strokes · 定 8 strokes

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

Words related to 拟定

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

摸索mōsuǒ · to grope谋求móuqiú · to seek目睹mùdǔ · to witness沐浴mùyù · to bathe捏niē · to pinch拧níng · to twist凝视níngshì · to gaze at扭转niǔzhuǎn · to turn around

FAQs

拟定 (nǐdìng) means “to draw up” or “to draft”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it nǐdìng: nǐ with a 3rd 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, 拟定 is written 擬定. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type niding with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 拟定 from the suggestions. Typing niding into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
拟定 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.