dìng

to agree

to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order

speech (讠) + nail it down (丁) = agree in words

The speech radical carries the meaning: agreeing or committing to something through words. 丁 lends the sound dīng/dìng and does not contribute semantically.

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A nailPhonetic
SpeechSemantic

我想一份日报。

wǒ xiǎng dìng yī fèn rì bào。

I want to subscribe to a daily newspaper.

他们已经好了合同,明天正式签字。

tā men yǐ jīng dìng hǎo le hé tong,míng tiān zhèng shì qiān zì。

They have already drawn up the contract and will formally sign it tomorrow.

Words with 订

预订

yù dìng

to place an order

下订单

xià dìng dān

to place an order (commerce)

中俄改订条约

zhōng é gǎi dìng tiáo yuē

Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights

修订

xiū dìng

to revise

修订本

xiū dìng běn

revised edition (of a book)

修订历史

xiū dìng lì shǐ

revision history (of a document, web page etc)

修订版

xiū dìng bǎn

revised edition

制订

zhì dìng

to work out

合订本

hé dìng běn

bound volume

增订

zēng dìng

to revise and enlarge (a book)

增订本

zēng dìng běn

revised and enlarged edition

审订

shěn dìng

to revise

More characters with 讠