定
dìng HSK2

settle

定 dìng
to decide verb
to fix; to set; to determine; to reach a decision

规矩由我们自己定。

guī​ju yóu wǒ​men zì​jǐ dìng.

We make our own rules.

我可以跟您定个时间见面吗？

wǒ kě​yǐ gēn nín dìng ge shí​jiān jiàn​miàn ma?

Can I set up a time to meet with you?

surely adverbauxiliary
surely; certainly; definitely
fixed particleverb
(bound form) stable; settled; already agreed upon or established by rule
calm verbadjective
(bound form) to become calm; to stabilize or compose one's mind
to book verb
to subscribe to a publication; to book tickets or a room; to order goods in advance

他们定了一个披萨。

tā​men dìng le yī​ge pī​sà.

They ordered a pizza.

surname
a Chinese surname
actually
(literary) used in questions to emphasize a point: after all; actually; really; indeed
to congeal
to congeal; to coagulate; to solidify

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Frequency
Character
Written text
77th most common 2183.6 per million
Movie subtitles
91st most common 1743.3 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
261.2 per million appears in 62% of films
Written text
160.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+5B9A

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)