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镇定

zhèn dìng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 鎮定

镇定 (zhèn dìng) means "calm; unperturbed; cool". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 镇定 means

1. calm
2. unperturbed
3. cool

The characters in 镇定

• 镇zhènto press down; to calm; to subdue
• 定dìngto fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)…

Example sentences

• 他看起来完全无法镇定。
  Looks like he has completely lost his composure.
• 无论发生什么事，你也要保持镇定。
  Wúlùn fāshēng shénme shì, nǐ yě yào bǎochí zhèndìng.
  Stay calm whatever happens.
• 无论发生甚么事，你也要保持镇定。
  Stay calm whatever happens.
• “别担心，”狄马尝试让店员镇定下来：“那不是我的血。”
  “ bié dānxīn,” dí mǎ chángshì ràng diànyuán zhèndìng xiàlai:“ nà bù shì wǒ de xuè.”
  "Don't worry," Dima attempted to put the woman at ease. "It's not mine."
• 「别担心，」狄马尝试让店员镇定下来：「那不是我的血。」
  "Don't worry," Dima attempted to put the woman at ease. "It's not mine."
• 想成为一个好的击球手的话，你要在球场上时刻保持镇定，还要学会相信自己的直觉。
  Xiǎng chéngwéi yī gè hǎo de jīqiú shǒu dehuà, nǐ yào zài qiúchǎng shàng shíkè bǎochí zhèndìng, hái yào xuéhuì xiāngxìn zìjǐ de zhíjué.
  To be a good batter, you've got to hang loose and follow your instincts.

Words starting with 镇定

• 镇定剂zhèn dìng jìtranquilizer; depressant; sedative
• 镇定药zhèn dìng yàosedative drug

Where 镇定 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhèn–zhēn (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 zhèn dìng correctly.
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