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定位

dìng wèi

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

定位 (dìng wèi) means "to orientate; to position; to categorize (as)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 定位 means

1. to orientate
2. to position
3. to categorize (as)
4. to characterize (as)
5. positioning
6. position
7. niche

The characters in 定位

• 定dìngto fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)…
• 位wèiposition; location; place

Words starting with 定位

• 定位球dìng wèi qiú(football) set piece…

Words containing 定位

• 地理定位dì lǐ dìng wèigeolocation
• 市场定位shì chǎng dìng wèipositioning (marketing)
• 全球定位系统quán qiú dìng wèi xì tǒngGPS (Global Positioning System)
• 环球定位系统huán qiú dìng wèi xì tǒngGPS (Global Positioning System)
• 回声定位huí shēng dìng wèiecholocation
• 声波定位shēng bō dìng wèisonic location system (esp. underwater sonar); acoustic positioning
• 四轮定位sì lún dìng wèiwheel alignment (automobile maintenance)
• 统一资源定位符tǒng yī zī yuán dìng wèi fúuniversal resource locator (URL), i.e. webaddress

Sounds the same

Read dìng wèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 订位to reserve a seat; to book a table; reservation

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