下定

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
simp. and trad. (下定)		下	定

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xiàdìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xia⁴ din⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàdìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàdìng
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-ting⁴
    • Yale: syà-dìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahdinq
    • Palladius: сядин (sjadin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xia⁴ din⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiadin
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕia²¹³ tin²¹³/

Verb

下定

1. (dated) to give bride price; to send betrothal gifts and money to the bride (of the bridgroom-to-be's family to finalize the betrothal)
2. to pay a deposit; to send a downpayment (for a purchase or rent)
3. (Sichuanese) to get engaged; to be betrothed

Synonyms

• (to give bride price):

• 下聘 (xiàpìn)
• 下聘禮／下聘礼 (xià pìnlǐ)
• 硩定 (Hokkien)
• 行聘 (xíngpìn) (literary or Hakka)
• 送定 (sòngdìng) (literary or Min Nan)

 

• (to get engaged): 訂婚／订婚 (dìnghūn), 定親／定亲 (dìngqīn), (originally literary, now figurative) 文定 (wéndìng), (Hokkien) 定著／定着