订 (dìng): to agree, to conclude, to draw up
订 (dìng) is a Chinese character meaning “to agree.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic) and 丁 (phonetic). It ranks #1172 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 订 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).
Definitions
- to agree
- to conclude
- to draw up
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 订
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 订婚verb | dìng hūn | to get engaged | 6 |
| 预订verb | yù dìng | to place an order | 5 |
| 订单noun | dìng dān | (purchase) order | 6 |
| 签订verb | qiān dìng | to agree to and sign (a treaty etc) | 5 |
| 制订verb | zhì dìng | to work out | 5 |
| 修订verb | xiū dìng | to revise | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 订购verb | dìng gòu | to place an order |
| 订书机noun | dìng shū jī | stapler |
| 订阅 | dìng yuè | subscription |
| 装订verb | zhuāng dìng | bookbinding |
| 订金noun | dìng jīn | an initial payment |
| 订货verb | dìng huò | to order goods |
| 订制verb | dìng zhì | custom-made |
| 订立verb | dìng lì | to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc) |
| 续订 | xù dìng | to renew |
| 订书针noun | dìng shū zhēn | staple |
| 订户noun | dìng hù | subscriber (to a newspaper or periodical) |
| 拟订verb | nǐ dìng | to draw up (a plan) |
| 校订verb | jiào dìng | revision |
| 订正verb | dìng zhèng | to make a correction |
| 增订本noun | zēng dìng běn | revised and enlarged edition |
订 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 订 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
请订细阅读合同条款，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
AI带旺需求...陆光通讯厂畅旺 订单排到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
订单爆了!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
线下门店排长队 线上订单早高峰 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:
南通通州:新年“开机”赶订单 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
为什么不订些批萨呢？
Wèishénme bù dìng xiē pīsà ne?
Why don't we order pizza?
你有订阅任何杂志吗？
Nǐ yǒu dìngyuè rènhé zázhì ma?
Do you subscribe to any magazines?
罗杰斯先生和史密斯小姐昨天宣布订婚。
Luójiésī xiānsheng hé Shǐmìsī xiǎojiě zuótiān xuānbù dìnghūn.
The engagement of Mr Rogers and Miss Smith was announced yesterday.
我打电话订了个披萨。
Wǒ dǎ diànhuà dìng le ge pīsà.
I ordered pizza by telephone.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 讠 (speech) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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