定下 meaning in English

dìngxià

to set (the tone, a target etc); to lay down (the beat)

11 strokes

Meaning of 定下

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dìngxià
  1. to set (the tone, a target etc)
  2. to lay down (the beat)

定下 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā们men已yǐ经jīng决jué定dìng下xià个gè月yuè结jié婚hūn。
They've decided to get married next month.
夜yè晚wǎn一yí定dìng下xià了le雨yǔ。
It must have rained during the night.
我wǒ们men必bì须xū快kuài点diǎn定dìng下xià旅lǚ游yóu日rì期qī。
We have to fix the date for our trip quickly.
汤tāng姆mǔ和hé我wǒ决jué定dìng下xià个gè夏xià天tiān去qù澳ào大dà利lì亚yà。
Tom and I have decided to go to Australia next summer.
他tā给gěi自zì己jǐ定dìng下xià每měi天tiān早zǎo上shàng散sàn步bù的de规guī矩jǔ。
He makes it a rule to take a walk every morning.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

定 dìng · to fix · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

下 xià · down · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 定下.

坐下zuò xiato sit down
下次xià cìnext time
下午xiàwǔafternoon; p.m.
下车xià chēto get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
楼下lóu xiàdownstairs
下班xiàbānto finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc)
下雨xià yǔto rain
下课xiàkèto finish class; to get out of class
下边xiàbianunder; the underside
一下儿yīxiàrerhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4]
一定yīdìngsurely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled
留下liúxiato leave behind; to stay behind

Questions about 定下

What does 定下 mean?

定下 (dìngxià) means "to set (the tone, a target etc); to lay down (the beat)".

How do you write 定下?

定下 is made of 2 characters: 定 (8 strokes), 下 (3 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.