定

定 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十一卜人 (JMYO), four-corner 3080₁, composition ⿱宀𤴓)

• 𠉵 啶 埞 婝 掟 淀 䧑 椗 㱨 琔 腚 碇 䘺 綻 绽 聢 𦩘 蝊 諚 錠 锭 靛 顁 萣 𧄌

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 283, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7109
• Dae Jaweon: page 559, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 918, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5B9A

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *teːŋs, *deːŋs): semantic 宀 + phonetic 正 (OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs)

Possibly related to Burmese တည် (tany, “to lie in repose; to build, form, establish”) (Luce, 1981).

定

1. stable; steady; fixed

   我公公揸筆揸得好定。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我公公揸笔揸得好定。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ gung¹ gung¹ zaa¹ bat¹ zaa¹ dak¹ hou² ding⁶. [Jyutping]

   My grandpa holds the pen really steadily

   之前已經講定 [Cantonese, trad.]
   之前已经讲定 [Cantonese, simp.]

   zi¹ cin⁴ ji⁵ ging¹ gong² ding⁶ [Jyutping]

   already discussed and settled upon for some time

2. to fix; to stabilise
3. to put down; to suppress
4. to establish; to prepare the ground for
5. to decide; to resolve
6. to determine; to settle
7. to order; to reserve

   定貨／定货  ―  dìng huò  ―  to order goods

   定位  ―  dìng wèi  ―  to reserve a place

8. certainly; definitely; surely
9. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) after all; at all
10. (Cantonese) calm
11. (Cantonese) in advance

    想唔暈船浪，就食定暈浪丸。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    想唔晕船浪，就食定晕浪丸。 [Cantonese, simp.]

    soeng² m⁴ wan⁴ syun⁴ long⁶, zau⁶ sik⁶ ding⁶ wan⁴ long⁶ jyun^4-2. [Jyutping]

    If you don't want to get seasick, then take a motion sickness pill in advance.

    我阿媽日日都五點就開定檯等我哋返屋企食飯。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我阿妈日日都五点就开定台等我哋返屋企食饭。 [Cantonese, simp.]

    ngo⁵ aa³ maa¹ jat⁶ jat⁶ dou¹ ng⁵ dim² zau⁶ hoi¹ ding⁶ toi^4-2 dang² ngo⁵ dei⁶ faan¹ uk¹ kei² sik⁶ faan⁶. [Jyutping]

    My mother sets the table in advance at five o'clock, waiting for us to come home for dinner.

12. (Cantonese) short for 定係／定系 (“or”)

    你想食飯定麵啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    你想食饭定面啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]

    nei⁵ soeng² sik⁶ faan⁶ ding⁶ min⁶ aa³? [Jyutping]

    Do you want to have rice or noodles?

    • 1975, “天才與白痴”, in 許冠傑, 薛志雄 (lyrics), 天才與白痴, performed by 許冠傑:

      扮懵定蠢才？冇咁易會知 [Cantonese, trad.]
      扮懵定蠢才？冇咁易会知 [Cantonese, simp.]

      baan⁶ mung² ding⁶ ceon² coi⁴? mou⁵ gam³ ji⁶ wui⁵ zi¹ [Jyutping]

      Playing stupid or just dumb? It's not so easy to tell

13. a surname
14. (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 定 (MC dengH)

• (to decide; to determine): 決／决 (jué)
• (or):

• → Thai: เที่ยง (tîiang)

定

1. (～星) (Chinese astronomy) the Encampment, one of Twenty-Eight Mansions

   • 定之方中、作于楚宮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     定之方中、作于楚宫。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Dìng zhī fāngzhōng, zuò yú Chǔgōng. [Pinyin]

     When Ding culminated [at night fall],
     He began to build the palace at Chu.

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) forehead

   See also: 顁／𬱫

   • 麟之定、振振公姓。于嗟麟兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Lín zhī dìng, zhēnzhēn gōngxìng. Xūjiē lín xī. [Pinyin]

     The forehead of the Lin:
     The noble grandsons of our prince,
     Ah! they are the Lin!

3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 錠／锭 (dìng, “Classifier for silver ingots or ink sticks.”).
4. (historical dictionaries only) A kind of hoe.

• (the Encampment): 營室／营室, 室 (Shì)

定

1. (Cantonese) Sentence final particle used to make assumptions.

• “定”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “定”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 275.

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

1. determine, fix, establish, decide

• Go-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō)^{←ぢやう (dyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: てい (tei, Jōyō)
• Kun: さだむ (sadamu, 定む)、さだまる (sadamaru, 定まる, Jōyō)、さだめる (sadameru, 定める, Jōyō)、さだか (sadaka, 定か, Jōyō)

• 定冠詞(ていかんし) (teikanshi): definite article
• 定義(ていぎ) (teigi): definition
• 設定(せってい) (settei): setup, creation, settings
• 勘定(かんじょう) (kanjō): bill, check
• 予定(よてい) (yotei): schedule
• 肯(こう)定(てい)する (kōteisuru): to affirm
• 否(ひ)定(てい)する (hiteisuru): to deny

定(さだ) • (Sada) 

1. a female given name

定 (eumhun 정할 정 (jeonghal jeong))

1. hanja form^? of 정 (“decide, settle”)
2. hanja form^? of 정 (“fix”)

• 인정 (認定, injeong, “recognition; authorization”)

定: Hán Nôm readings: định

定 • (định)

1. chữ Hán form of định (“to decide; to determine; to ascertain”)