決定

See also: 决定

Chinese

		breach (a dyke); to decide; to determine	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
trad. (決定/决定)		決/决	定
simp. (决定)		决	定

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juédìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ ding⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kiet-thin / kiat-thin

  (Meixian, Guangdong): giad⁵ tin⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): giók-dêng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koat-tēng / koat-tiāⁿ / khoat-tēng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guêg⁴ dian⁷ / guag⁴ dian⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷cioq-din; ⁷ciuq-din

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juédìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuédìng
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²-ting⁴
    • Yale: jywé-dìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyuedinq
    • Palladius: цзюэдин (czjuedin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ tiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyut³ ding⁶
    • Yale: kyut dihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ ding⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³ ding⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ tɪŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiet-thin
    • Hakka Romanization System: gied^ˋ tin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giad⁵ tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯et̚² tʰin⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiat-thin
    • Hakka Romanization System: giad^ˋ tin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giad⁵ tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯at̚² tʰin⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: giad⁵ tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kiat̚¹ tʰin⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: giók-dêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyoʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ tɛiŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koat-tēng
    • Tâi-lô: kuat-tīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koatdeng
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuat̚³²⁻⁵ tiɪŋ²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kuat̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /kuat̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kinmen): /kuat̚³²⁻⁵⁴ tiɪŋ²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kuat̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koat-tiāⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kuat-tiānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koatdvia
    • Sinological IPA (Penang): /kuat̚³⁻⁴ tiã²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kuat̚³²⁻⁴ tiã³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoat-tēng
    • Tâi-lô: khuat-tīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoatdeng
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰuat̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guêg⁴ dian⁷ / guag⁴ dian⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuek tiāⁿ / kuak tiāⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuek̚²⁻⁴ tĩã¹¹/, /kuak̚²⁻⁴ tĩã¹¹/

Note:

• guêg4 dian7 - Chaozhou;
• guag4 dian7 - Jieyang.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷cioq-din; ⁷ciuq-din
    • MiniDict: cioh^入 din; ciuih^入 din
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jioq-din; ⁴jyq-din
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕioʔ³³ din⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕyɪʔ³³ din⁴⁴/

Verb

決定

1. to decide; to make a decision

   決定下來／决定下来  ―  juédìng xiàlái  ―  to make a decision

   由某人自行決定／由某人自行决定  ―  yóu mǒurén zìxíng juédìng  ―  to be at somebody's discretion

   本院決定對該案不予重新審判。 [MSC, trad.]
   本院决定对该案不予重新审判。 [MSC, simp.]

   Běn yuàn juédìng duì gāi àn bùyǔ chóngxīn shěnpàn. [Pinyin]

   This court decided not to retry the case.

2. to determine; to govern

   決定因素／决定因素  ―  juédìng yīnsù  ―  determinant

Synonyms

• (to decide):

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• 下決心 / 下决心 (xià juéxīn)
• 下老毛 (xia⁵ lau³ mau²) (Xiang)
• 判決 / 判决 (pànjué)
• 定奪 / 定夺 (dìngduó)
• 扚起心肝 (dik¹ hei² sam¹ gon¹) (Cantonese)
• 拍板 (pāibǎn) (figurative)
• 決心 / 决心 (juéxīn)
• 決意 / 决意 (juéyì)
• 決斷 / 决断 (juéduàn)
• 決計 / 决计 (juéjì)
• 滿意 / 满意 (mǎnyì) (literary)
• 狠心 (hěnxīn)

Related terms

• 負責／负责 (fùzé)
• 作主 (zuòzhǔ)

Noun

決定

1. decision

   經過一番深思熟慮後做出的決定 [MSC, trad.]
   经过一番深思熟虑后做出的决定 [MSC, simp.]

   jīngguò yī fān shēnsīshúlǜ hòu zuòchū de juédìng [Pinyin]

   decision made after some deliberation

   她必須在黃昏前做出決定。 [MSC, trad.]
   她必须在黄昏前做出决定。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā bìxū zài huánghūn qián zuòchū juédìng. [Pinyin]

   She must make the decision before dusk.

Derived terms

• 決定性 / 决定性 (juédìngxìng)
• 決定權 / 决定权 (juédìngquán)
• 決定簇 / 决定簇 (juédìngcù)
• 決定論 / 决定论 (juédìnglùn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (決定):

• → Japanese: 決(けっ)定(てい) (kettei)
• → Korean: 결정(決定) (gyeoljeong)
• → Vietnamese: quyết định (決定)

References

• “決定”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
決	定
けつ > けっ Grade: 3	てい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けってー [kèttéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞t̚te̞ː]

• Homophone: 駃騠

Noun

決(けっ)定(てい) • (kettei) 

1. decision

   大統領(だいとうりょう)の決定(けってい)に従(したが)った。

   Daitōryō no kettei ni shitagatta.

   I followed the President's decision.

2. choice

Verb

決(けっ)定(てい)する • (kettei suru) suru (stem 決(けっ)定(てい)し (kettei shi), past 決(けっ)定(てい)した (kettei shita))

1. to decide
2. to decide on; to choose

Conjugation

Conjugation of "決定する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

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

References

• “決定”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
決	定

Noun

決定 • (gyeoljeong) (hangeul 결정)

1. hanja form^? of 결정 (“decision”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
決	定

Noun

決定

1. chữ Hán form of quyết định (“decision”)

Verb

決定

1. chữ Hán form of quyết định (“to decide”)