肯定

Chinese

		to agree; to consent; to be ready (to do sth) to agree; to consent; to be ready (to do sth); willing	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
trad. (肯定)		肯	定
simp. #(肯定)		肯	定

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěndìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄣˇ ㄉㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang² ding⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khén-thin
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khéng-tēng / khńg-tēng / khún-tēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěndìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄣˇ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěndìng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻên³-ting⁴
    • Yale: kěn-dìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keendinq
    • Palladius: кэньдин (kɛnʹdin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰən²¹⁴⁻²¹ tiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang² ding⁶
    • Yale: háng dihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang² ding⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng² ding⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ³⁵ tɪŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khén-thin
    • Hakka Romanization System: ken` tin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ken³ tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰen³¹ tʰin⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khéng-tēng
    • Tâi-lô: khíng-tīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qefngdeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khńg-tēng
    • Tâi-lô: khńg-tīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qngfdeng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰŋ̍⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khún-tēng
    • Tâi-lô: khún-tīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qwndeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ³³/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 肯定

1. certain; affirmative; positive

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 肯定

1. surely; definitely

Verb

肯定

1. to approve; to confirm; to affirm
2. to be certain

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 肯定

1. approval; validation; affirmation

Related terms

• 當然／当然 (dāngrán)
• 確定／确定 (quèdìng)
• 一定 (yīdìng)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
肯	定
こう Grade: S	てい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

肯(こう)定(てい) • (kōtei) 

1. affirmation

Derived terms

• 肯定的(こうていてき) (kōteiteki)

Verb

肯(こう)定(てい)する • (kōtei suru) suru (stem 肯(こう)定(てい)し (kōtei shi), past 肯(こう)定(てい)した (kōtei shita))

1. affirm, answer yes

Conjugation

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

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