特定

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Chinese

		special; unusual; extraordinary special; unusual; extraordinary; male animal	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
trad. (特定)		特	定
simp. ^#(特定)		特	定

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tèdìng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄜˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dak⁶ ding⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tia̍k-tēng / te̍k-tēng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tèdìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄜˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tèdìng
  - Wade–Giles: tʻê⁴-ting⁴
  - Yale: tè-dìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tehdinq
  - Palladius: тэдин (tɛdin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dak⁶ ding⁶
  - Yale: dahk dihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁹ ding⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: deg⁶ ding⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚² tɪŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tia̍k-tēng
  - Tâi-lô: tia̍k-tīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diagdeng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚²⁴⁻² tiɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te̍k-tēng
  - Tâi-lô: ti̍k-tīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: degdeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² tiɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tiɪŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚⁴⁻³² tiɪŋ³³/

Adjective

特定

(attributive) specific; particular; certain; designated; special

Synonyms

一定 (yīdìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
特	定
とく Grade: 4	てい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とくてー (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

特(とく)定(てい) • (tokutei)

a certain one, particular one, specific one

Synonyms

同(どう)定(てい) (dōtei)

Verb

特(とく)定(てい)する • (tokutei suru) suru (stem 特(とく)定(てい)し (tokutei shi), past 特(とく)定(てい)した (tokutei shita))

specify, identify, determine
被害者(ひがいしゃ)の住所(じゅうしょ)を特定(とくてい)する
higaisha no jūsho o tokutei suru
to pinpoint their victim's address

写真(しゃしん)から場所(ばしょ)を特定(とくてい)する
shashin kara basho o tokutei suru
to determine the location from a photograph
- 2023, “匿名M”, in ピノキオピー (lyrics), META‎, performed by 初音ミク and ARuFa:
  
  匿名M(とくめいエム)です。特定(とくてい)しないでね。
  Tokumei Emu desu. Tokutei shinaide ne.
  I am Anonymous M. Please do not dox me.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "特定する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	特定し	とくていし	tokutei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	特定し	とくていし	tokutei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	特定する	とくていする	tokutei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	特定する	とくていする	tokutei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	特定すれ	とくていすれ	tokutei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	特定せよ¹ 特定しろ²	とくていせよ¹ とくていしろ²	tokutei seyo¹ tokutei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	特定される	とくていされる	tokutei sareru
Causative	特定させる特定さす	とくていさせるとくていさす	tokutei saseru tokutei sasu
Potential	特定できる	とくていできる	tokutei dekiru
Volitional	特定しよう	とくていしよう	tokutei shiyō
Negative	特定しない	とくていしない	tokutei shinai
Negative continuative	特定せず	とくていせず	tokutei sezu
Formal	特定します	とくていします	tokutei shimasu
Perfective	特定した	とくていした	tokutei shita
Conjunctive	特定して	とくていして	tokutei shite
Hypothetical conditional	特定すれば	とくていすれば	tokutei sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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