定义 meaning in English

dìngyì

definition; to define

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 定義11 strokes

Meaning of 定义

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dìngyì
  1. definition
  2. to define

定义 in example sentences

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

你nǐ怎zěn么me定dìng义yì“幸xìng福fú”?
How would you define "happiness"?
你nǐ怎zěn么me看kàn待dài这zhè个ge词cí的de定dìng义yì?
What do you think of this word's definition?
要yào为wèi一yí个gè字zì下xià定dìng义yì比bǐ为wèi字zì的de用yòng法fǎ举jǔ例lì更gèng困kùn难nán。
To give a definition of a word is more difficult than to give an illustration of its usage.
我wǒ发fā现xiàn有yǒu明míng确què定dìng义yì的de词cí最zuì容róng易yì记jì住zhù。
I find words with concise definitions to be the easiest to remember.
“网wǎng络luò成chéng瘾yǐn症zhèng”这zhè个ge理lǐ念niàn将jiāng意yì味wèi着zhe“网wǎng络luò”是shì一yī种zhǒng可kě以yǐ下xià定dìng义yì的de活huó动dòng。
The concept of “Internet addiction” implies that “the Internet” is some sort of definable activity.

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

义 yì · right conduct · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 定义.

一定yīdìngsurely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled
不一定bùyīdìngnot necessarily; maybe
决定juédìngto decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4])
确定quèdìngdefinite; certain
意义yìyìsense; meaning
规定guīdìngto stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; r
制定zhìdìngto draw up; to formulate
否定fǒudìngto negate; to deny
定期dìngqīat set dates; at regular intervals
说不定shuōbudìngcan't say for sure; maybe
稳定wěndìngsteady; stable
固定gùdìngto fix; to fasten

Questions about 定义

What does 定义 mean?

定义 (dìngyì) means "definition; to define" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 定义?

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

Is 定义 an HSK word?

Yes. 定义 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 定义 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 定义 is written 定義.