定親

See also: 定亲

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilise; to order	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (定親)		定	親
simp. (定亲)		定	亲
alternative forms		訂親／订亲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): dìngqīn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄣ

(Chengdu, SP): din⁴ qin¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): ding⁶ can¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thin-chhîn
Min Nan (POJ): tēng-chhin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìngqīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìngcin
  - Wade–Giles: ting⁴-chʻin¹
  - Yale: dìng-chīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinqchin
  - Palladius: динцинь (dincinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: din⁴ qin¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dinkin
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tin²¹³ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ding⁶ can¹
  - Yale: dihng chān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ding⁶ tsan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ding⁶ cen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ²² t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thin-chhîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: tin qin´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tin⁴ qin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰin⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tēng-chhin
  - Tâi-lô: tīng-tshin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dexngchyn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕʰin³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴/

Verb

定親

to get engaged; to be betrothed

Synonyms

訂婚／订婚 (dìnghūn)
(originally literary, now used figuratively) 文定 (wéndìng)
(Sichuan) 下定 (xiàdìng)
(Min Nan) 定著／定着

See also

婚約／婚约 (hūnyuē)

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