定定

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Chinese

to set; to fix; to determine
to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
 
to set; to fix; to determine
to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
 
simp. and trad.
(定定) 		定 定

Pronunciation

Adverb

定定

  1. surely; certainly
  2. (Southern Min) often
  3. (Cantonese, Southern Min) calmly; steadily
    你坐定定喺度，唔好周圍走。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    你坐定定喺度，唔好周围走。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 co5 ding6 ding6 hai2 dou6, m4 hou2 zau1 wai4 zau2.
    Sit here calmly without running around.
  4. (Hakka) slowly

Synonyms

  • (surely): 一定 (yīdìng)
  • (often):
Dialectal synonyms of 常常 (“often; frequently”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 經常, 時常, 常常, 時時, 往往, 每每
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 常
Taiwan 常常
Harbin 時不見兒, 時不當, 時不當兒, 時不常, 時不常兒, 時不時
Singapore 常常
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 常常, 常, 時常
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 常常, 常, 時常
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 時常, 常常, 隨時, 時不時
Wuhan 帶常, 時常
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 常
Hefei 常
Cantonese Guangzhou 時時, 時常, 長時, 周時, 遇時, 時不時
Hong Kong 成日, 經常, 時時, 好多時, 好多時候, 周時, 周不時
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 經常
Yangjiang 周時
Gan Nanchang 千常, 時常
Hakka Meixian 輒常, 長時, 時常, 時不時
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 輒輒, 輒常, 長透, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 輒輒, 輒常, 長透, 登常, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 輒輒, 輒常, 長透, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 輒輒, 長在, 輒常, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 經常
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 輒輒, 常勻, 輒常, 長透, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 輒輒, 不時, 輒, 恬恬, 長透, 時時
Hong Kong 長日
Huizhou Jixi 三不時, 時不時
Jin Taiyuan 常常, 時常, 時不時
Eastern Min Fuzhou 稠稠, 稠, 盡稠
Southern Min Xiamen 定定, 長長, 四常, 時常, 常常, 不時, 不期時
Quanzhou 定定, 長長, 四常, 時常, 常常, 不時
Zhangzhou 定定, 時常, 常常, 不時, 不期時
Tainan 定定, 時常, 常常, 不時, 捷捷, 沓沓, 常在, 往往
Manila (Hokkien) 定定, 常常, 四常, 不時
Chaozhou 長時, 惦惦
Shantou 經常, 時常, 時時, 惦惦
Bangkok (Teochew) 惦惦
Leizhou 長世, 長常
Wu Shanghai 常樁, 常常, 經常
Shanghai (Chongming) 千常
Suzhou 時常, 常時, 常樁
Ningbo 老老, 老長 rare, 長常 rare, 長時 rare
Wenzhou 清清, 常期
Xiang Changsha 練常, 打常, 扯常, 扯常子, 時不時
Shuangfeng 練常, 常常

Particle

定定

  1. (Hakka, at the end of a phrase) that's all; nothing more

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 而已 (“(sentence-final particle) just; simply”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 而已, 云爾
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 而已, 罷了
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 罷了
Taiwan 而已
Malaysia 罷了
Singapore 而已
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 罷了
Cantonese Guangzhou 啫, 咋, 之嘛
Hong Kong 啫, 咋, 之嘛
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 啫, 之嘛
Taishan 之嘛, 咋
Kaiping (Chikan) 之嘛, 逸, 咿
Enping (Niujiang) 之嘛, 咋
Singapore (Guangfu) 啫, 之嘛
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 定定
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 定定
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 定定, 定
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 忒等
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 定定
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 定
Southern Min Xiamen 爾爾, 爾
Quanzhou 爾爾, 爾
Zhangzhou 爾爾, 爾
Tainan 爾爾
Penang (Hokkien) 爾
Singapore (Hokkien) 爾, 爾爾
Jieyang 定
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