定奪

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order	rob; snatch
trad. (定奪)		定	奪
simp. (定夺)		定	夺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dìngduó

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄨㄛˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): диндуә (dinduə, III-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding⁶ dyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìngduó
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìngduó
    • Wade–Giles: ting⁴-to²
    • Yale: dìng-dwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinqdwo
    • Palladius: диндо (dindo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹ tu̯ɔ³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: диндуә (dinduə, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁴⁴ tuə²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding⁶ dyut⁶
    • Yale: dihng dyuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding⁶ dyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding⁶ düd⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ²² tyːt̚²/

Verb

定奪

1. to make a decision; to determine

   這件事應該跟老師匯報一下，讓他來定奪。 [MSC, trad.]
   这件事应该跟老师汇报一下，让他来定夺。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè jiàn shì yīnggāi gēn lǎoshī huìbào yīxià, ràng tā lái dìngduó. [Pinyin]

   This matter should be reported to the teacher and he can then make a decision.

Synonyms

• 下決心／下决心 (xià juéxīn)
• 下老毛 (xia⁵ lau³ mau²) (Xiang)
• 判決／判决 (pànjué)
• 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)