Chinese

Noun

定型

1. permanent wave, permanent, or perm (hairdressing)

Verb

定型

1. to finalize (a design, etc.)
2. to stereotype

Japanese

Alternative forms

• 定形

Noun

定型 ‎(hiragana ていけい, romaji teikei)

1. fixed pattern

   それは定型 (ていけい)パターンだ。

   Sore wa teikei patān da.

   It follows a pattern of things.

Compounds

• 定型詩 (ていけいし) ‎(teikeishi, “fixed form poetry”)
• 定型動詞 (ていけいどうし) ‎(teikei dōshi, “finite verb”)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.