下定

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
simp. and trad. (下定)		下	定

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): xiàdìng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xia⁴ din⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàdìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàdìng
  - Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-ting⁴
  - Yale: syà-dìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahdinq
  - Palladius: сядин (sjadin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: xia⁴ din⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiadin
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕia²¹³ tin²¹³/

Verb

下定

(dated) to give bride price; to send betrothal gifts and money to the bride (of the bridgroom-to-be's family to finalize the betrothal)
to pay a deposit; to send a downpayment (for a purchase or rent)
(Sichuanese) to get engaged; to be betrothed

Synonyms

(to give bride price):

下聘 (xiàpìn)
下聘禮／下聘礼 (xià pìnlǐ)
硩定 (Hokkien)
行聘 (xíngpìn) (literary or Hakka)
送定 (sòngdìng) (literary or Min Nan)

(to get engaged): 訂婚／订婚 (dìnghūn), 定親／定亲 (dìngqīn), (originally literary, now figurative) 文定 (wéndìng), (Hokkien) 定著／定着

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