We have to fix the date for our trip quickly.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
定下
to set (the tone, a target etc)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to set (the tone, a target etc)
02
to lay down (the beat)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 定下 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 定下 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
He makes it a rule to take a walk every morning.
At first she was terrified, then she pulled herself together.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 定下.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 定下.
Directly before
- 自己定下1
- 快点定下1
- 才定下1
Directly after
- 定下每天1
- 定下旅游1
- 定下神来1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 定下
What does 定下 mean in Chinese?
定下 (dìngxià) means to set (the tone, a target etc).
How do you pronounce 定下?
定下 is pronounced dìngxià.
Is 定下 an HSK word?
定下 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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