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To appoint in Chinese: 指定 (zhǐ dìng)

zhǐ dìng

to appoint

HSK 3.0 Level 61 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to appoint
  2. 2to assign
  3. 3to indicate clearly and with certainty
  4. 4designated

Stroke order

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指
定

Zhuyin

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ㄓˇ

zhǐ

ㄓ/ zhˇ/ third tone

ㄉㄧㄥˋ

dìng

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 老师指定他当我们的组长。

    lǎo shī zhǐ dìng tā dāng wǒ men de zǔ zhǎng。

    The teacher appointed him as our group leader.

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Related words

指

zhǐ

finger

定

dìng

to set

决定

jué dìng

to decide (to do something)

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

戒指

jiè zhi

(finger) ring

确定

què dìng

definite

手指

shǒu zhǐ

finger

稳定

wěn dìng

steady

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