HSK 6 · Verbs

指定 zhǐdìng “to appoint” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 指定 means

  1. to appoint
  2. to designate
  3. to specify
  4. to assign
  5. to indicate clearly and with certainty
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • designated

How to say 指定

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale指zhǐ3rd 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

指定 in a sentence

  1. 他在指定时间的五分钟后到了。

    Tā zài zhǐdìng shíjiān de wǔ fēnzhōng hòu dào le.

    He arrived five minutes after the appointed time.

    Sentence #817320 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 指定 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 指 (zhǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
指zhǐfinger
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 旨aim · zhǐ
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 指定

指 9 strokes · 定 8 strokes

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

Words related to 指定

Words with 指

指zhǐ · finger手指shǒuzhǐ · finger戒指jièzhi · (finger) ring指导zhǐdǎo · to guide指挥zhǐhuī · to conduct指甲zhǐjia · fingernail指示zhǐshì · to instruct指责zhǐzé · to criticise指望zhǐwàng · to count on指令zhǐlìng · instruction

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

征服zhēngfú · to conquer挣扎zhēngzhá · to struggle折腾zhēteng · to toss and turn支撑zhīchēng · to support支配zhīpèi · to control支援zhīyuán · to support制约zhìyuē · to restrict制止zhìzhǐ · to stop

FAQs

指定 (zhǐdìng) means “to appoint” or “to designate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhǐdìng: zhǐ 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.
Yes. 指定 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhiding with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 指定 from the suggestions. Typing zhiding into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
指定 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.