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

roof (宀) + feet planted (疋) = fixed, settled, definite

A roof overhead and feet planted on the ground — that is what it means to be settled and fixed in place. Together they evoke the stillness of someone who has stopped wandering and made a commitment.

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RoofSemantic
FootSemantic

我们已经好了明天的酒店。

wǒ men yǐ jīng dìng hǎo le míng tiān de jiǔ diàn。

We have already booked the hotel for tomorrow.

他提前一个月了去南方的火车票。

tā tí qián yī gè yuè dìng le qù nán fāng de huǒ chē piào。

He booked the train tickets to the south a month in advance.

Words with 定

盖棺论定

gài guān lùn dìng

don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)

通讯协定

tōng xùn xié dìng

(Tw) (computing) communication protocol

运动定律

yùn dòng dìng lǜ

laws of motion (mechanics)

选定

xuǎn dìng

to select

酌定

zhuó dìng

to decide after intense deliberation

重定向

chóng dìng xiàng

to redirect

重整奥思定会

zhòng zhěng ào sī dìng huì

Order of Augustinian Recollects, a mendicant Catholic religious order of friars and nuns

野外定向

yě wài dìng xiàng

orienteering

量身定做

liáng shēn dìng zuò

to tailor-make

量身定制

liáng shēn dìng zhì

tailor-made

锁定

suǒ dìng

to lock (a door)

镇定

zhèn dìng

calm

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