订
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dìng · to make an order

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HSK 3.0 · Level 4Frequency #2991
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4Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

Keep the left side compact and leave enough room for the right side.

讠Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 订

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dìngWords pronounced dìng
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Example sentences

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Yù dìng hǎo le.预订好了。

The reservation is already made.

Source: Tatoeba #794090 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nín jué dìng hǎo yào xià dìng dān le ma?您决定好要下订单了吗?

Have you decided what you want to order?

Source: Tatoeba #2393341 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā hé wǒ de táng zǐ mèi dìng hūn le.他和我的堂姊妹订婚了。

He got engaged to my cousin.

Source: Tatoeba #1450523 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wèi le shùn lì tuī jìn xiàng mù, wǒ men yǐ jīng xiū dìng le jǐ cì jì huà.为了顺利推进项目,我们已经修订了几次计划。

In order to move the project along smoothly, we have revised the plan several times.

Source: Tatoeba #2915539 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ cóng měi guó dìng gòu le yì xiē xīn shū.我从美国订购了一些新书。

I ordered some new books from America.

Source: Tatoeba #604489 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ men de qián bú gòu, suǒ yǐ wǒ zhǐhǎo bǎ dìng dān qǔ xiāo le.我们的钱不够,所以我只好把订单取消了。

I had to cancel the order because we didn't have enough money.

Source: Tatoeba #8870263 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 订 in context

  1. Say dìng, then recall the core meaning: to make an order.
  2. Write all 4 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 签订 (qiān dìng), meaning “to agree to and sign”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 订 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.