(dìng): to agree, to conclude, to draw up

(dìng) is a Chinese character meaning “to agree.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (semantic) and (phonetic). It ranks #1172 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, speech. Its radical form (speech) appears in many related characters such as (rèn, to recognize, to admit), (, to remember, to record), (shí, to know, knowledge).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. to agree
  2. to conclude
  3. to draw up

Etymology & Origin

pictophoneticspeech

Decomposition: ⿰讠丁 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
verbdìng hūnto get engaged6
verbyù dìngto place an order5
noundìng dān(purchase) order6
verbqiān dìngto agree to and sign (a treaty etc)5
verbzhì dìngto work out5
verbxiū dìngto revise6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
dìng gòuto place an order
dìng shū jīstapler
dìng yuèsubscription
zhuāng dìngbookbinding
dìng jīnan initial payment
dìng huòto order goods
dìng zhìcustom-made
dìng lìto conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc)
xù dìngto renew
dìng shū zhēnstaple
dìng hùsubscriber (to a newspaper or periodical)
nǐ dìngto draw up (a plan)
jiào dìngrevision
dìng zhèngto make a correction
zēng dìng běnrevised and enlarged edition
48
Total compounds
50
As first character
31
As last character
19
As middle character

appears in 48 compound words: 50 as the first character, 31 as the last, and 19 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

qiān
0.76275,192 co-occurrences
gòu
0.61222,280 co-occurrences
xiū
0.56846,158 co-occurrences
yuè
0.53110,445 co-occurrences
dān
0.46815,861 co-occurrences
0.4633,282 co-occurrences
xié
0.4367,296 co-occurrences
hūn
0.4247,498 co-occurrences
0.4224,938 co-occurrences
yuē
0.41910,140 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

细阅读合同条款,再签字确认。

qǐng dìng xì yuè dòu gě tóng tiáo kuǎn , zài qiān zì què rèn .

Please carefully review the contract terms before signing to confirm.

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. . . mì B L A C K P I N K guān fāng Y o u T u b e dìng hù pò yì yì rén chuàng jǔ

... BLACKPINK's official YouTube subscribers exceed 100 million, an artist's first move

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

AI带旺需求...陆光通讯厂畅旺 单排到Q4

A I dài wàng xū qiú . . . lù guāng tōng xùn hǎn chàng wàng dìng dān pái dào Q 4

AI drives demand... Luguang Communication Factory is prosperous, and orders are scheduled to Q4

百度新闻Feb 2026

单爆了!90后男生春节可赚16万元

dìng dān bào le ! 9 0 hòu nán shēng chūn jié kě zhuàn 1 6 wàn yuán

The order is exploding! Post-90s boys can earn 160,000 yuan during the Spring Festival

百度新闻Feb 2026

线下门店排长队 线上单早高峰 京东七鲜春节双线共..

xiàn xià mén diàn pái cháng duì xiàn shàng dìng dān zǎo gāo fēng jīng dōng qī xiān chūn jié shuāng xiàn gòng . .

Long queues in offline stores, early peak of online orders, JD Qixian Spring Festival double line total:

百度新闻Feb 2026

南通通州:新年“开机”赶单 新产能冲刺新目标

nán tōng tōng zhōu : xīn nián kāi jī gǎn dìng dān xīn chǎn néng chōng cì xīn mù biāo

Nantong Tongzhou: New Year's "start-up" to catch up with orders New production capacity sprint to new goals

Tatoeba

为什么不些批萨呢?

Wèishénme bù dìng xiē pīsà ne?

Why don't we order pizza?

Tatoeba

你有阅任何杂志吗?

Nǐ yǒu dìngyuè rènhé zázhì ma?

Do you subscribe to any magazines?

Tatoeba

罗杰斯先生和史密斯小姐昨天宣布婚。

Luójiésī xiānsheng hé Shǐmìsī xiǎojiě zuótiān xuānbù dìnghūn.

The engagement of Mr Rogers and Miss Smith was announced yesterday.

Tatoeba

我打电话了个披萨。

Wǒ dǎ diànhuà dìng le ge pīsà.

I ordered pizza by telephone.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced dìng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 订 (dìng) mean in Chinese?
订 (dìng) primarily means "to agree." It is classified as HSK Level 4, making it an upper-intermediate character. It ranks #1172 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 订 and 下?
订 (dìng) and 下 (xià) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 订 (up) vs 下 (down).
How many strokes does 订 have?
订 is written with 4 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 订?
The radical associated with 订 is 讠 (speech). This radical appears in many characters related to speech.
What are the components of 订?
订 is composed of: 讠 (semantic), 丁 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰讠丁 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 订?
Common words with 订 include: 订婚 (dìng hūn, "to get engaged"); 预订 (yù dìng, "to place an order"); 订单 (dìng dān, "(purchase) order"); 订购 (dìng gòu, "to place an order"); 签订 (qiān dìng, "to agree to and sign (a treaty etc)"). There are over 48 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 订 (dìng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation dìng: 叮 (to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc)), 盯 (to stare at), 顶 (apex), 丁 (male adult), and 2 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 订 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 订 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.