定意

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (定意)		定	意

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dìngyì

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ding⁶ ji³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tēng-ì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìngyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìngyì
  - Wade–Giles: ting⁴-i⁴
  - Yale: dìng-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinqyih
  - Palladius: динъи (dinʺi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ding⁶ ji³
  - Yale: dihng yi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ding⁶ ji³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ding⁶ yi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ²² jiː³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tēng-ì
  - Tâi-lô: tīng-ì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dexng'ix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ³³⁻²¹ i²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ i¹¹/

Verb

定意

to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; to set one's mind on
- 拿俄米見路得定意要跟隨自己去，就不再勸她了。 [MSC, trad.]
  拿俄米见路得定意要跟随自己去，就不再劝她了。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 路得記 (Ruth) 1:18
  Ná'émǐ jiàn Lùdé dìngyì yào gēnsuí zìjǐ qù, jiù bùzài quàn tā le. [Pinyin]
  When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her. [World English Bible]

Synonyms

下決心／下决心 (xià juéxīn)
下老毛 (xia⁵ lau³ mau²) (Xiang)
判決／判决 (pànjué)
定奪／定夺 (dìngduó)
扚起心肝 (dik¹ hei² sam¹ gon¹) (Cantonese)
拍板 (pāibǎn) (figurative)
決定／决定 (juédìng)
決心／决心 (juéxīn)
決意／决意 (juéyì)
決斷／决断 (juéduàn)
決計／决计 (juéjì)
滿意／满意 (mǎnyì) (literary)
狠心 (hěnxīn)

See also

中意 (zhòngyì)

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