确定

Character by character

• 确què12 strokesHSK 2 traditional 確sure, certain; real, true
• 定dìng8 strokesHSK 2decide, settle, fix

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 你确定？

  N qu d ng

  Are you sure?

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• 你确定吗？

  Nǐ què dìng ma

  Are you sure?

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• 我不确定。

  Wǒ bù què dìng

  I'm not sure.

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• 我确定是她。

  Wǒ què dìng shì tā

  I'm sure that was her.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 确定. 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

• 确实què shíHSK 3

  indeed; really; reliable; real; true

• 规定guī dìngHSK 3

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

• 正确zhèng quèHSK 2

  correct; sound; right; proper

• 的确dí quèHSK 4

  really; indeed

• 稳定wěn dìngHSK 4

  steady; stable; stability; to stabilize; to pacify

• 确保què bǎoHSK 3

  to ensure; to guarantee

• 确认què rènHSK 4

  to confirm; to verify; confirmation

• 明确míng quèHSK 3

  clear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite

• 准确zhǔn quèHSK 2

  accurate; exact; precise

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 说不定shuō bu dìngHSK 4

  can't say for sure; maybe

• 指定zhǐ dìngHSK 6

  to appoint; to assign; to indicate clearly and with certainty; designated

• 坚定jiān dìngHSK 5

  firm; steady; staunch; resolute