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肯定

kěn dìng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

肯定 (kěn dìng) means "definitely; certainly". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 肯定 means

1. to be certain; to be positive
2. assuredly; definitely
3. to give recognition; to affirm
4. affirmative (answer)

The characters in 肯定

• 肯kěnto agree; to consent; to be willing to
• 定dìngto fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)…

Example sentences

• 你肯定吗？
  Are you sure?
• 我很肯定！
  I'm absolutely sure!
• 我不能肯定。
  I can't be positive.
• 我肯定着凉了。
  Wǒ kěndìng zháoliáng le.
  I must have caught a cold.
• 我不完全肯定。
  I'm not absolutely sure.
• 你绝对肯定吗？
  Are you absolutely sure?

Words starting with 肯定

• 肯定句kěn dìng jùaffirmative sentence

Words containing 肯定

• 假肯定句jiǎ kěn dìng jùfalse affirmative
• 真肯定句zhēn kěn dìng jùtrue affirmative (TA)

Where 肯定 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Modal & certainty adverbs (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read kěn dìng correctly.
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