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Decide in Chinese

to decide · HSK 3

决定 jué dìng

  1. 决 jué to decide
  2. 定 dìng to fix

Counted with 个: 一个决定 yí gè juédìng

我决定明年去中国。 I've decided to go to China next year.

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Other ways to say decide

More words with 决 or 定

How do you say decide in Chinese?

Decide in Chinese is 决定 (jué dìng). You can also say 认定 (rèn dìng), 断 (duàn).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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