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决定

jué dìng

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 決定 Measure word 个、项

决定 (jué dìng) means "to decide (to do something)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 决定 means

1. to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind
2. decision

How 决定 is used in grammar

决定 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Verbal Phrases as Subject, Object & Modifier (HSK 3)

The characters in 决定

• 决juéto decide; to determine; to execute (sb)
• 定dìngto fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)…

Example sentences

• 我决定了。
  I've decided.
• 由你决定。
  How ever you like.
• 我还没决定。
  I haven't decided yet.
• 由你来决定。
  It is up to you.
• 他决定娶她。
  He decided to marry her.
• 她决定进房。
  She decided to enter the room.

Words starting with 决定

• 决定性jué dìng xìngdecisive; conclusive
• 决定论jué dìng lùndeterminism

Words containing 决定

• 屁股决定脑袋pì gu jué dìng nǎo dailit. the butt governs the head (idiom); fig. where one stands depends on where one sits…
• 斟酌决定权zhēn zhuó jué dìng quándiscretionary power
• 抗原决定簇kàng yuán jué dìng cù(immunology) antigenic determinant; epitope

Where 决定 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Cognitive & Communication Verbs (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jué dìng correctly.
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