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确定

què dìng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 確定

确定 (què dìng) means "definite; to determine". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 确定 means

1. definite
2. certain
3. fixed
4. to fix (on sth)
5. to determine
6. to be sure
7. to ensure
8. to make certain
9. to ascertain
10. to clinch
11. to recognize
12. to confirm
13. OK (on computer dialog box)

The characters in 确定

• 确quèauthenticated; solid; firm
• 定dìngto fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)…

Example sentences

• 你确定？
  Are you sure?
• 你确定吗？
  Are you sure?
• 我不确定。
  I'm not sure.
• 我不太确定。
  I can't say for sure.
• 还不太确定。
  It's not quite certain.
• 我确定是她。
  I'm sure that was her.

Words starting with 确定

• 确定性què dìng xìngdeterminacy

Words containing 确定

• 不确定性原理bù què dìng xìng yuán lǐHeisenberg's uncertainty principle (1927)

Where 确定 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Clarity & Certainty (HSK 5), 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 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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