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Surely in Chinese: 一定 (yī dìng)

yī dìng

surely

HSK 32 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1surely
  2. 2certainly
  3. 3necessarily
  4. 4fixed
  5. 5a certain (extent etc)
  6. 6given
  7. 7particular
  8. 8must

Stroke order

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一
定

Zhuyin

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ㄧ

yī

ㄧ/ i—/ first tone

ㄉㄧㄥˋ

dìng

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 这一定是我。

    zhè yí dìng shì wǒ。

    It has to be me.

  • 他一定会成功。

    tā yí dìng huì chéng gōng。

    He will definitely succeed.

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Related words

一

yī

one

定

dìng

to set

第一

dì yī

first

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

决定

jué dìng

to decide (to do something)

一般

yī bān

same

一边

yī biān

one side

一共

yī gòng

altogether

一样

yī yàng

same

一直

yī zhí

straight (in a straight line)

规定

guī dìng

to stipulate

肯定

kěn dìng

to be certain

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