定居 meaning in English

dìngjū

to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence

HSK 7-916 strokes

Meaning of 定居

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dìngjū
  1. to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence

定居 in example sentences

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

他tā的de第dì二èr个gè儿ér子zi结jié婚hūn并bìng定dìng居jū下xià来lái了le。
His second son married and settled down.
他tā们men结jié了le婚hūn并bìng定dìng居jū在zài波bō士shì顿dùn附fù近jìn。
They got married and settled near Boston.
部bù落luò成chéng员yuán沿yán着zhe河hé岸àn定dìng居jū了le。
Members of that tribe settled along the river.

Stroke order for each character

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

定 dìng · to fix · 8 strokes

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居 jū · to live · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 定居.

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
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
居民jūmínresident; inhabitant
固定gùdìngto fix; to fasten

Questions about 定居

What does 定居 mean?

定居 (dìngjū) means "to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence".

How do you write 定居?

定居 is made of 2 characters: 定 (8 strokes), 居 (8 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 定居 an HSK word?

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