HSK 5 · Verbs

预订 yùdìng “to place an order” in Chinese

Traditional 預訂

What 预订 means

  1. to place an order
  2. to book ahead

How to say 预订

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale预yù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale订dìng4th tone, falling

预订 in a sentence

  1. 我想预订一间单人房。

    Wǒ xiǎng yùdìng yì jiān dānrén fáng.

    I’d like to reserve a single room.

    Sentence #894047 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 你能取消我的预订吗？

    Nǐ néng qǔxiāo wǒ de yùdìng ma?

    Could you cancel my booking?

    Sentence #833785 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我有今晚的预订。

    Wǒ yǒu jīnwǎn de yùdìng.

    I have a reservation for tonight.

    Sentence #848320 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 预订 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 预 (yù) with each of its parts in a different colour
预yùto advance
  • 予to give · yúSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 予 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with yù.

The character 订 (dìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
订dìngto agree
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 丁part of the characterSound part

How to write 预订

预 10 strokes · 订 4 strokes

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

Words related to 预订

Words with 预

预习yùxí · to prepare a lesson预防yùfáng · to prevent预报yùbào · forecast预先yùxiān · in advance预料yùliào · to expect预期yùqī · to expect预言yùyán · to predict干预gānyù · to intervene预算yùsuàn · budget预兆yùzhào · omen

More words: Common Verbs

移动yídòng · to move应付yìngfu · to deal with应用yìngyòng · to put to use迎接yíngjiē · to welcome预防yùfáng · to prevent运输yùnshū · to transport运用yùnyòng · to use造成zàochéng · to bring about

FAQs

预订 (yùdìng) means “to place an order” or “to book ahead”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yùdìng: yù 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, 预订 is written 預訂. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yuding with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 预订 from the suggestions. Typing yuding into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
预订 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.