必定

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Chinese

certainly; must; will
certainly; must; will; necessarily
 
to set; to fix; to determine
to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
 
simp. and trad.
(必定)
anagram 定必

Etymology

Attested in the 1st century BC work 說苑 (Shuo Yuan) compiled by Liu Xiang written in the Han Dynasty.

Pronunciation


Adverb

必定

  1. without fail; certainly; surely; definitely; inevitably
  2. determinedly

Synonyms

  • (without fail):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of without fail): 偶然 (ǒurán)

Adjective

必定

  1. (literary, Classical Chinese) certain and settled

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひつ
Grade: 4
じょう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(ひつ)(じょう) (hitsujō

  1. inevitably, certainly

Adjective

(ひつ)(じょう) (hitsujō-na (adnominal (ひつ)(じょう) (hitsujō na), adverbial (ひつ)(じょう) (hitsujō ni))

  1. inevitably, certainly

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN