必定

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Chinese[edit]

 
certainly; must; will
certainly; must; will; necessarily
 
to set; to fix; to determine
to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
simp. and trad.
(必定)
anagram 定必

Etymology[edit]

Attested in the 1st century BC work 說苑 (Shuo Yuan) compiled by Liu Xiang written in the Han Dynasty.

Pronunciation[edit]


Adverb[edit]

必定

  1. without fail; certainly; surely; definitely; inevitably
  2. determinedly

Synonyms[edit]

  • (without fail):

Antonyms[edit]

  • (antonym(s) of without fail): 偶然 (ǒurán)

Adjective[edit]

必定

  1. (literary, Classical Chinese) certain and settled

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
ひつ
Grade: 4
じょう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(ひつ)(じょう) (hitsujō

  1. inevitably, certainly

Adjective[edit]

(ひつ)(じょう) (hitsujō-na (adnominal (ひつ)(じょう) (hitsujō na), adverbial (ひつ)(じょう) (hitsujō ni))

  1. inevitably, certainly

Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN