HSK 5 · Verbs

确定 quèdìng “to confirm” in Chinese

Traditional 確定

What 确定 means

  1. to confirm
  2. to determine
  3. definite
  4. certain
  5. fixed
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to fix (on sth)
  • to be sure

How to say 确定

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale确què4th 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

确定 in a sentence

  1. 我甚至不确定他是谁。

    Wǒ shènzhì bú quèdìng tā shì shéi.

    I’m not even sure who he is.

    Sentence #13890354 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 公司的经理确定了工作计划。

    Gōngsī de jīnglǐ quèdìng le gōngzuò jìhuà.

    The company manager decided on the work plan.

    Sentence #1977510 from Tatoeba

  3. 你确定你要去那儿吗？

    Nǐ quèdìng nǐ yào qù nàr ma?

    Are you sure you want to go there?

    Sentence #8517167 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 确定 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 确 (què) with each of its parts in a different colour
确quèauthenticated
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 角horn · jiǎoSound part

石 hints at the meaning (stone); 角 (jiǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with què.

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 确定

确 12 strokes · 定 8 strokes

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

Words related to 确定

Words with 确

正确zhèngquè · correct准确zhǔnquè · accurate确实quèshí · indeed明确míngquè · clear确认quèrèn · to confirm的确díquè · really确信quèxìn · to be convinced确保quèbǎo · to ensure确立quèlì · to establish精确jīngquè · accurate

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固定gùdìng · to fix制定zhìdìng · to draw up稳定wěndìng · steady说不定shuōbudìng · can’t say for sure

More words: Thinking & Talking

启发qǐfā · to inspire强调qiángdiào · to emphasise (a statement)请求qǐngqiú · to request劝quàn · to advise确认quèrèn · to confirm善于shànyú · to be good at实话shíhuà · truth说不定shuōbudìng · can’t say for sure

FAQs

确定 (quèdìng) means “to confirm” or “to determine”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it quèdìng: què 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, 确定 is written 確定. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type queding with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 确定 from the suggestions. Typing queding into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
确定 is an HSK 5 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.