锁
定

To lock (a door) in Chinese: 锁定 (suǒ dìng)

suǒ dìng

to lock (a door)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 鎖定1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to lock (a door)
  2. 2to close with a latch
  3. 3to lock into place
  4. 4a lock
  5. 5a latch
  6. 6to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten)
  7. 7to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection)
  8. 8to focus attention on
  9. 9to target

Stroke order

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锁
定

Zhuyin

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ㄙㄨㄛˇ

suǒ

ㄙ/ sㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˇ/ third tone

ㄉㄧㄥˋ

dìng

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

锁定

Simplified

鎖定

Traditional

Example sentences

See 锁定 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他已经锁定了努力的目标。

    tā yǐ jīng suǒ dìng le nǔ lì de mù biāo。

    He has locked in the goal he's working toward.

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Related words

锁

suǒ

to lock

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

确定

què dìng

definite

稳定

wěn dìng

steady

制定

zhì dìng

to draw up

定期

dìng qī

at set dates

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