定意

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (定意)		定	意

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìngyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding⁶ ji³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tēng-ì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìngyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìngyì
    • Wade–Giles: ting⁴-i⁴
    • Yale: dìng-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinqyih
    • Palladius: динъи (dinʺi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding⁶ ji³
    • Yale: dihng yi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding⁶ ji³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding⁶ yi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ²² jiː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tēng-ì
    • Tâi-lô: tīng-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexng'ix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ³³⁻²¹ i²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ i¹¹/

Verb

定意

1. to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; to set one's mind on

   • 拿俄米見路得定意要跟隨自己去，就不再勸她了。 [MSC, trad.]
     拿俄米见路得定意要跟随自己去，就不再劝她了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 路得記 (Ruth) 1:18

     Ná'émǐ jiàn Lùdé dìngyì yào gēnsuí zìjǐ qù, jiù bùzài quàn tā le. [Pinyin]

     When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her. [World English Bible]

Synonyms

• 下決心／下决心 (xià juéxīn)
• 下老毛 (xia⁵ lau³ mau²) (Xiang)
• 判決／判决 (pànjué)
• 定奪／定夺 (dìngduó)
• 扚起心肝 (dik¹ hei² sam¹ gon¹) (Cantonese)
• 拍板 (pāibǎn) (figurative)
• 決定／决定 (juédìng)
• 決心／决心 (juéxīn)
• 決意／决意 (juéyì)
• 決斷／决断 (juéduàn)
• 決計／决计 (juéjì)
• 滿意／满意 (mǎnyì) (literary)
• 狠心 (hěnxīn)

 

See also

• 中意 (zhòngyì)