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签订

qiān dìng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 簽訂

签订 (qiān dìng) means "to agree to and sign (a treaty etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 签订 means

1. to agree to and sign (a treaty etc)

The characters in 签订

• 签qiānto sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document…
• 订dìngto agree; to conclude; to draw up

Example sentences

• 契约签订了。
  Qìyuē qiāndìng le.
  The contract was signed.
• 明明签订了互不侵犯条约，竟然还来攻击我们。
  Míngmíng qiāndìng le hùbùqīnfàn tiáoyuē, jìngrán hái lái gōngjī wǒmen.
  They still attacked us, despite clearly agreeing to sign the non-aggression pact.
• 苏族于 1868 年与政府签订了一项条约。
  The Sioux had signed a treaty with the government in 1868.

Sounds the same

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

• 签定to sign (a contract, treaty etc)

Where 签订 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qiā–qià (HSK 6), 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 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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