Chinese word dictionary

笃定

dǔ dìng · certain; confident (of some outcome); calm and unhurried

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Word information

Simplified笃定

Traditional篤定

Pinyindǔ dìng

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

笃dǔ

deep, serious; genuine, sincere, true

定dìng

to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure

How to learn 笃定

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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决定juédìng

to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]; certainly

一定yídìng

surely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must

定dìng

to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely

规定guīdìng

to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations

肯定kěndìng

to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer)

定期dìngqī

at set dates; at regular intervals; periodic; limited to a fixed period of time; fixed term