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鉴定

jiàn dìng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 鑑定

鉴定 (jiàn dìng) means "to appraise". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 鉴定 means

1. to examine sth to determine its authenticity, quality, value etc; to appraise; to evaluate; to authenticate

The characters in 鉴定

• 鉴jiànbronze mirror (used in ancient times); to reflect; to mirror
• 定dìngto fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)…

Example sentences

• 经鉴定，此人三观不正。
  Jīng jiàndìng, cǐ rén sān guān bù zhèng.
  This person's worldview is officially unhealthy.

Words containing 鉴定

• 亲子鉴定qīn zǐ jiàn dìngpaternity or maternity test
• DNA鉴定D N A jiàn dìngDNA test; DNA testing
• 国家文物鉴定委员会Guó jiā Wén wù Jiàn dìng Wěi yuán huìNational Commission for the Identification of Cultural Heritage

Where 鉴定 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jiàn (2) (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.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiàn dìng correctly.
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