奠定

Chinese

		libation	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
trad. (奠定)		奠	定
simp. #(奠定)		奠	定

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diàndìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ ding⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiān-tēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diàndìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diàndìng
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴-ting⁴
    • Yale: dyàn-dìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dianndinq
    • Palladius: дяньдин (djanʹdin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: din⁶ ding⁶
    • Yale: dihn dihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ ding⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ ding⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² tɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiān-tēng
    • Tâi-lô: tiān-tīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diexndeng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn⁴¹⁻²² tiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɛn²²⁻²¹ tiɪŋ²²/

Verb

奠定

1. to establish; to settle; to lay (e.g. a foundation for)

   奠定牢固的基礎／奠定牢固的基础  ―  diàndìng láogù de jīchǔ  ―  to establish a strong foundation

Usage notes

This term frequently collocates with 基礎／基础 (jīchǔ, “foundation”) or 基石 (jīshí, “cornerstone”), as in the example above.