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决定 (jué dìng): Decide (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

决定 consists of 2 characters.

决
jué
to decide; to determine; to breach (as in a dike)
定
dìng
to decide, settle, fix

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Pinyinjué dìng
Meaningdecide
Characters2
HSK 2.0Level 3
HSK 3.0Level 3
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HSK 3 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 决定.

  • 节目jié mùprogramme
  • 方便fāng biànconvenient
  • 瓶子píng zibottle
  • 机会jī huìopportunity
  • 叔叔shū shuuncle [father's younger brother]
  • 认真rèn zhēnearnest
  • 练习liàn xíto practise
  • 菜单cài dānmenu
  • 为了wèi lein order to
  • 地方dì fangplace
  • 经过jīng guòpass through
  • 一直yī zhístraight on; always
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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 决定.

Words with 决
  • 解决jiě juéHSK 3
  • 决心jué xīnHSK 5
  • 决赛jué sàiHSK 5
  • 坚决jiān juéHSK 5
  • 决策jué cèHSK 6
  • 判决pàn juéHSK 6
否决
fǒu jué
HSK 6
  • 表决biǎo juéHSK 6
    • Words with 定
    • 一定yī dìngHSK 3
    • 肯定kěn dìngHSK 4
    • 规定guī dìngHSK 4
    • 制定zhì dìngHSK 5
    • 否定fǒu dìngHSK 5
    • 固定gù dìngHSK 5
    • 确定què dìngHSK 5
    • 稳定wěn dìngHSK 5
    3.

    Readings & Senses

    This word has multiple readings or senses.

    jué dìng(jue ding)
    1. [verb]decide[HSK3]
    2. [verb/noun]decide[HSK 3.0 L3]
    4.

    How to Use 决定 in Sentences

    Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 决定 with other words naturally.

    Measure Word + Nounwith个
    yī一
    gè个
    jué决
    dìng定
    neutral
    a decision
    Adjective + Nounwith重要
    zhòng重
    yào要
    jué决
    dìng定
    Verb + Objectwith做
    zuò做
    jué决
    dìng定
    neutral
    make a decision
    Verb + Complementwith不了
    jué决
    dìng定
    bù不
    liǎo了
    Adverb + Verbwith最终
    zuì最
    zhōng终
    jué决
    dìng定
    5.

    Example Sentences with 决定

    wǒ我
    jué决
    dìng定
    qù去
    xué学
    xiào校
    。
    neutral
    important decision
    informal
    Spoken
    cannot decide
    formal
    final decision
    I decide to go to school.
    wǒ我
    jué决
    dìng定
    míng明
    tiān天
    qù去
    Běi北
    jīng京
    。
    I have decided to go to Beijing tomorrow.
    jīng经
    guò过
    cháng长
    shí时
    jiān间
    de的
    tǎo讨
    lùn论
    ，
    dǒng董
    shì事
    huì会
    zhōng终
    yú于
    jué决
    dìng定
    le了
    xīn新
    de的
    tóu投
    zī资
    fāng方
    xiàng向
    。
    After a long discussion, the board of directors finally decided on the new investment direction.
    nǐ你
    jué决
    dìng定
    hǎo好
    zhōu周
    mò末
    shì是
    qù去
    pá爬
    shān山
    hái还
    shì是
    zài在
    jiā家
    xiū休
    xi息
    le了
    ma吗
    ？
    Have you decided whether to go hiking or rest at home this weekend?
    tā他
    jué决
    dìng定
    míng明
    tiān天
    hé和
    péng朋
    yǒu友
    yì一
    qǐ起
    kàn看
    diàn电
    yǐng影
    。
    He decides to watch a movie with friends tomorrow.
    kǎo考
    lǜ虑
    dào到
    tiān天
    qì气
    yuán原
    yīn因
    ，
    wǒ我
    men们
    jué决
    dìng定
    qǔ取
    xiāo消
    yuán原
    dìng定
    de的
    hù户
    wài外
    huó活
    dòng动
    。
    Considering the weather, we decided to cancel the originally planned outdoor activity.
    tā他
    méi没
    yǒu有
    qīng轻
    yì易
    jué决
    dìng定
    ，
    ér而
    shì是
    fǎn反
    fù复
    quán权
    héng衡
    le了
    gè各
    zhǒng种
    kě可
    néng能
    xìng性
    。
    He did not decide easily; instead, he repeatedly weighed various possibilities.
    jīng经
    guò过
    zǐ仔
    xì细
    kǎo考
    lǜ虑
    ，
    wǒ我
    men们
    jué决
    dìng定
    cǎi采
    nà纳
    zhè这
    ge个
    jiàn建
    yì议
    。
    After careful consideration, we decide to adopt this suggestion.
    wǒ我
    jué决
    dìng定
    cóng从
    xià下
    gè个
    yuè月
    kāi开
    shǐ始
    ，
    měi每
    tiān天
    zǎo早
    qǐ起
    bàn半
    xiǎo小
    shí时
    xué学
    xí习
    zhōng中
    wén文
    。
    I have decided to start getting up half an hour earlier every day to study Chinese from next month.