一定

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
simp. and trad. (一定)		一	定

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīdìng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄉㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ ding⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yit-thin

(Hailu, HRS): rhid tin^˖
Eastern Min (BUC): ék-diâng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): it-tēng / it-tèng

(Teochew, Peng'im): zêg⁸ dian⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīdìng [Phonetic: yídìng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄉㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yidìng
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-ting⁴
  - Yale: yī-dìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: idinq
  - Palladius: идин (idin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ tiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ ding⁶
  - Yale: yāt dihng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ ding⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ding⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ tɪŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-thin
  - Hakka Romanization System: id^ˋ tin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ tin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /it̚² tʰin⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-thin
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)id^ˋ tin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ tin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² tʰin⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhid tin^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒit⁵⁻² tʰin³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ék-diâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ tiɑŋ²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-tēng
  - Tâi-lô: it-tīng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: itdeng
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪŋ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-tèng
  - Tâi-lô: it-tìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: itdexng
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zêg⁸ dian⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k tiāⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² tĩã¹¹/

Adjective

一定

Synonyms

(fixed): 固定 (gùdìng), 肯定 (kěndìng), 確定／确定 (quèdìng)
(given): (attributive) 特定 (tèdìng)
(proper):

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停當 / 停当 (tíngdàng)
允 (literary, or in compounds)
允當 / 允当 (yǔndàng) (literary)
剛好 / 刚好 (gānghǎo)
合宜 (héyí)
合手 (héshǒu)
合用 (héyòng) (literary or Min Nan)
合適 / 合适 (héshì)
啱 (ngaam¹) (Cantonese, Hakka)
妥 (tuǒ)
妥善 (tuǒshàn)
妥實 / 妥实 (tuǒshí)
妥帖 (tuǒtiē)
妥當 / 妥当
安帖 (āntiē)
定當 / 定当 (dìngdàng)
對勁 / 对劲 (duìjìn) (colloquial)
對路 / 对路 (duìlù) (colloquial)
對頭 / 对头
得宜 (déyí) (literary)
得當 / 得当 (dédàng)
得體 / 得体 (détǐ)
恰當 / 恰当 (qiàdàng)
拄仔好 (Hokkien)
拄好 (Hokkien)
的當 / 的当 (dídàng)
相宜 (xiāngyí)
相當 / 相当 (xiāngdāng)
耐 (literary)
貼切 / 贴切 (tiēqiè)
適合 / 适合 (shìhé)
適宜 / 适宜 (shìyí)
適用 / 适用 (shìyòng)
適當 / 适当 (shìdàng)
適量 / 适量 (shìliàng)
配合

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “proper”):

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不宜 (bùyí)
欠妥 (qiàntuǒ)

Adverb

一定

definitely; certainly; surely; must
我一定會好起來的。 [MSC, trad.]
我一定会好起来的。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ yīdìng huì hǎo qǐlái de. [Pinyin]
I will get better.

付出一定會有回報。 [MSC, trad.]
付出一定会有回报。 [MSC, simp.]
Fùchū yīdìng huì yǒu huíbào. [Pinyin]
You will surely be rewarded if you put in some effort.

學習漢語發音一定要分清楚調類。 [MSC, trad.]
学习汉语发音一定要分清楚调类。 [MSC, simp.]
Xuéxí hànyǔ fāyīn yīdìng yào fēn qīngchǔ diàolèi. [Pinyin]
It is essential to distinguish different tones when studying Chinese.

Synonyms

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保準 / 保准 (bǎozhǔn) (colloquial)
保管 (bǎoguǎn)
保險 / 保险 (bǎoxiǎn) (dialectal)
勢必 / 势必 (shìbì)
定必 (ding⁶ bit¹) (Cantonese)
局 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
必定 (bìdìng)
必然 (bìrán)
決計 / 决计 (juéjì)
準保 / 准保 (zhǔnbǎo)
準定 / 准定 (zhǔndìng)
無疑 / 无疑 (wúyí)
硬額 / 硬额 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
肯定 (kěndìng)

Related terms

必將／必将 (bìjiāng)

Derived terms

一定不易 (yīdìngbùyì)
一定不移 (yīdìngbùyí)
不一定 (bùyīdìng)
無一定 / 无一定 (bô-it-tēng)

Related terms

當然／当然 (dāngrán)
肯定 (kěndìng)
確定／确定 (quèdìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	定
いつ > いっ Grade: 1	てい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いってー [ìttéé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [it̚te̞ː]

Noun

一(いっ)定(てい) • (ittei)

something that is set one way and will not change; something that is fixed; something that is regular
水温(すいおん)を一定(いってい)に保(たも)つ
suion o ittei ni tamotsu
to maintain water at a fixed temperature

Verb

一(いっ)定(てい)する • (ittei suru) intransitive suru (stem 一(いっ)定(てい)し (ittei shi), past 一(いっ)定(てい)した (ittei shita))

be fixed, equal

Conjugation

Conjugation of "一定する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	一定し	いっていし	ittei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	一定し	いっていし	ittei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	一定する	いっていする	ittei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	一定する	いっていする	ittei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	一定すれ	いっていすれ	ittei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	一定せよ¹ 一定しろ²	いっていせよ¹ いっていしろ²	ittei seyo¹ ittei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	一定される	いっていされる	ittei sareru
Causative	一定させる一定さす	いっていさせるいっていさす	ittei saseru ittei sasu
Potential	一定できる	いっていできる	ittei dekiru
Volitional	一定しよう	いっていしよう	ittei shiyō
Negative	一定しない	いっていしない	ittei shinai
Negative continuative	一定せず	いっていせず	ittei sezu
Formal	一定します	いっていします	ittei shimasu
Perfective	一定した	いっていした	ittei shita
Conjunctive	一定して	いっていして	ittei shite
Hypothetical conditional	一定すれば	いっていすれば	ittei sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
一	定

Noun

一定 • (iljeong) (hangeul 일정)

hanja form^? of 일정 (“a certain”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
一	定

Adjective

一定

chữ Hán form of nhất định

fixed, certain, given
determined (to do something)
sure (to do something)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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