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HSK
surely / certainly / necessarily / fixed / a certain (extent etc) / given / particular / must
HSK 2
not necessarily / maybe
HSK 2
definite / certain / fixed / to fix (on sth) / to determine / to be sure / to ensure / to make certain / to ascertain / to clinch / to recognize / to confirm / OK (on computer dialog box)
HSK 3
to decide (to do something) / to resolve / decision / CL: 個|个, 項|项 / certainly
HSK 3
to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota) / regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
HSK 3
at set dates / at regular intervals / periodic / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term
HSK 3
to negate / to deny / to reject / negative (answer) / negation
HSK 3
to draw up; to formulate
HSK 3
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  *定* | 定* | *定
to fix; to set; to make definite / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc) / to congeal; to coagulate / (literary) definitely
HSK 4
steady / stable / stability / to stabilize / to pacify
HSK 4
can't say for sure / maybe
HSK 4
to fix / to fasten / to set rigidly in place / fixed / set / regular
HSK 4
to be certain; to be positive / assuredly; definitely / to give recognition; to affirm / affirmative (answer)
HSK 5
firm / steady / staunch / resolute
HSK 5
to maintain (that sth is true) / to determine (a fact) / determination (of an amount) / of the firm opinion / to believe firmly / to set one's mind on / to identify with
HSK 5
special; specific; designated; particular
HSK 5
to set a price / to fix a price
HSK 6
to agree on sth (after discussion) / to conclude a bargain / to arrange / to promise / to stipulate / to make an appointment / stipulated (time, amount, quality etc) / an arrangement / a deal / appointment / undertaking / commitment / understanding / engagement / stipulation
HSK 6
to fix a time / fixed time / timed (of explosive etc)
HSK 6
to appoint / to assign / to indicate clearly and with certainty / designated
HSK 6
to orientate / to position / to categorize (as) / to characterize (as) / positioning / position / niche
HSK 6
to determine (by measuring or surveying)
HSK 6
to appraise / to identify / to evaluate
HSK 6
definition / to define
HSK 7-9
to set / to set up / to install / setting / preferences
HSK 7-9
ruling
HSK 7-9
to be bound to / to be sure to
HSK 7-9
to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target
HSK 7-9
to draw up / to draft / to formulate
HSK 7-9
down payment / advance payment
HSK 7-9
to schedule in advance
HSK 7-9
to restrict to / to limit
HSK 7-9
stable; calm; settled / to stabilize / Valium; diazepam
HSK 7-9
to judge / to decide / judgment / determination
HSK 7-9
calm / unperturbed / cool
HSK 7-9
to foreordain / to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably
HSK 7-9
agreement / accord / to reach an agreement
HSK 7-9
to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence
HSK 7-9
to examine sth and make a decision / to screen / to evaluate / to approve
HSK 7-9
to establish / to fix / to settle
HSK 7-9
to conclude / to determine / to come to a judgment
HSK 7-9
to orientate / directional / directed / orienteering
HSK 7-9
final conclusion / accepted argument
HSK 7-9
established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement / customary convention
HSK 7-9
to assume / to suppose / supposed / so-called / assumption / hypothesis
HSK 7-9
to evaluate / to make one's judgment
HSK 7-9
tranquilizer / sth that sets one's mind at ease
HSK 7-9
definition / to delimit
HSK 7-9
indefinite / indeterminate / (botany) adventitious
HSK 7-9
to have something made to order
HSK 7-9
originally planned / originally determined
temporary arrangement / provisional / tentative
to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later / to decide behind closed doors / all cut and dried
Ding'an county, Hainan
a test / determination / to check up on / to examine / to assay
to audit and determine / to check and ratify / to appraise and decide / determination / on a deemed basis (taxation) / to deem
to set / to designate / to stipulate / to provide / to draw up / to formulate (rules etc) / stipulation
DNA test; DNA testing
theorem
Dingyuan, a county in Chuzhou 滁州, Anhui
to finalize (a design etc) / stereotype / permanent wave or perm (hairdressing)
Dingyuan, a county in Chuzhou 滁州, Anhui
fixed amount / quota
statutory; law-based; legal
Luding county (Tibetan: lcags zam rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
stability
to determine a location / designated / appointed / specific / fixed (time) / fixed point (geometry) / fixed-point (number)
fixed deposit / time deposit / certificate of deposit (banking)
fixed assets
specified (capacity, output etc) / rated (capacity, output etc)
determinacy
to infer; to consider and come to a judgment / to elect
to demarcate / to survey and determine
morning and evening visits to parents / cf 昏定晨省
communications protocol
national holiday
to make a firm resolution
Pingding county in Yangquan 陽泉|阳泉, Shanxi
to pacify
Baoding, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省
certain / confident (of some outcome) / calm and unhurried
the zero point indicator marked on a steelyard / fixed opinion / solid idea / decisive plan
to select / to choose / to settle on
to schedule
degree of stability
Wuding County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州, Yunnan
unswerving / unflinching
scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts")
to set (the tone, a target etc) / to lay down (the beat)
certainly / of course
"Red Poppies", novel by 阿來|阿来
lit. the dust has settled (idiom) / fig. to get sorted out / to be finalized
undecided; indeterminate; still in doubt
to agree / to decide after consultation / to come to a compromise
already fixed / set / established
decisive / conclusive
Chris Patten (1944-), last British Governor of Hong Kong 1992-1997
protocol / treaty

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