奠定

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diàndìng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ ding⁶
Min Nan (POJ): tiān-tēng

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): /tjɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ 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/
Min Nan
- (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

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.

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