定
金

Down payment in Chinese: 定金 (dìng jīn)

dìng jīn

down payment

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Definitions

  1. 1down payment
  2. 2advance payment

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定
金

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄧㄥˋ

dìng

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄧㄣ

jīn

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄣ/ en—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 买房子的时候要先付一笔定金。

    mǎi fáng zi de shí hòu yào xiān fù yì bǐ dìng jīn。

    When buying a house you first have to pay a deposit.

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Related words

金

jīn

gold

定

dìng

to set

决定

jué dìng

to decide (to do something)

一定

yī dìng

surely

规定

guī dìng

to stipulate

奖金

jiǎng jīn

premium

肯定

kěn dìng

to be certain

否定

fǒu dìng

to negate

固定

gù dìng

to fix

黄金

huáng jīn

gold

金属

jīn shǔ

metal

确定

què dìng

definite

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