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定定

定定

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order
simp. and trad. (定定)		定	定

Adverb

定定

surely; certainly
(Min Nan) often
(Cantonese, Min Nan) calmly; steadily

你坐定定喺度，唔好周圍走。 [Cantonese, trad.]

你坐定定喺度，唔好周围走。 [Cantonese, simp.]

Nei⁵ co⁵ding⁶ ding⁶ hai² dou⁶, m⁴ hou² zau¹ wai⁴ zau². [Jyutping]

Sit here calmly without running around.
(Hakka) slowly
(Hakka) that's all; nothing more

Synonyms

(surely): 一定 (yīdìng)
(often): 常常 (chángcháng), 經常／经常 (jīngcháng)
(that's all): 而已 (éryǐ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dìngdìng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ding⁶ ding⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thin-thin
Min Nan (POJ): tiāⁿ-tiāⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: dìngdìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinqdinq
  - IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
    ^edit
    ^edit
    定定
    訂定／订定
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ding⁶ ding⁶
  - Yale: dihng dihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ding⁶ ding⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ²² tɪŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thin-thin
  - Hakka Romanization System: tin tin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tin⁴ tin⁴
  - IPA: /tʰin⁵⁵ tʰin⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiāⁿ-tiāⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tiānn-tiānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dviaxdvia
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiã²²⁻²¹ tiã²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiã⁴¹⁻²² tiã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiã²²⁻²¹ tiã²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiã³³⁻¹¹ tiã³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiã³³⁻²¹ tiã³³/