定
居

To settle (in some city, country etc) in Chinese: 定居 (dìng jū)

dìng jū

to settle (in some city, country etc)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to settle (in some city, country etc)
  2. 2to take up residence

Stroke order

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定
居

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄧㄥˋ

dìng

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄩ

jū

ㄐ/ jㄩ/ ü—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 他退休以后打算在海边定居。

    tā tuì xiū yǐ hòu dǎ suàn zài hǎi biān dìng jū。

    After retiring he plans to settle down by the sea.

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Related words

定

dìng

to set

决定

jué dìng

to decide (to do something)

邻居

lín jū

neighbor

一定

yī dìng

surely

规定

guī dìng

to stipulate

肯定

kěn dìng

to be certain

否定

fǒu dìng

to negate

固定

gù dìng

to fix

居然

jū rán

unexpectedly

确定

què dìng

definite

稳定

wěn dìng

steady

制定

zhì dìng

to draw up

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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