定期

Character by character

• 定dìng8 strokesHSK 2decide, settle, fix
• 期qī12 strokesHSK 1period of time; date; time limit

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 定期. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 一定yī dìngHSK 2

  surely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must

• 决定jué dìngHSK 3

  to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly

• 肯定kěn dìngHSK 5

  to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer)

• 定dìngHSK 4

  to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order

• 确定què dìngHSK 3

  definite; certain; fixed; to fix (on sth); to determine; to be sure; to ensure; to make certain; to ascertain; to clinch; to recognize; to confirm; OK (on computer dialog box)

• 规定guī dìngHSK 3

  to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations

• 期待qī dàiHSK 4

  to look forward to; to await; expectation

• 期qīHSK 3

  a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qí]

• 稳定wěn dìngHSK 4

  steady; stable; stability; to stabilize; to pacify

• 期间qī jiānHSK 4

  period of time; time; time period; period

• 星期xīng qīHSK 1

  week; day of the week; Sunday

• 时期shí qīHSK 6

  period; phase

• 长期cháng qīHSK 3

  long term; long time; long range (of a forecast)

• 固定gù dìngHSK 4

  to fix; to fasten; to set rigidly in place; fixed; set; regular

• 定位dìng wèiHSK 6

  to orientate; to position; to categorize (as); to characterize (as); positioning; position; niche

• 制定zhì dìngHSK 3

  to draw up; to formulate

• 期望qī wàngHSK 5

  to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope

• 注定zhù dìngHSK 7

  to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably

• 不一定bù yī dìngHSK 2

  not necessarily; maybe

• 日期rì qīHSK 1

  date

• 鉴定jiàn dìngHSK 6

  to appraise; to identify; to evaluate

• 认定rèn dìngHSK 5

  to maintain (that sth is true); to determine (a fact); determination (of an amount); of the firm opinion; to believe firmly; to set one's mind on; to identify with

• 约定yuē dìngHSK 6

  to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain; to arrange; to promise; to stipulate; to make an appointment; stipulated (time, amount, quality etc); an arrangement; a deal; appointment; undertaking; commitment; understanding; engagement; stipulation

• 预期yù qīHSK 5

  to expect; to anticipate