定乾坤

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order	the ䷀ and ䷁ hexagrams from the I Ching; heaven and earth
simp. and trad. (定乾坤)		定	乾坤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìng qiánkūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding⁶ kin⁴ kwan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìng qiánkūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìng ciánkun
    • Wade–Giles: ting⁴ chʻien²-kʻun¹
    • Yale: dìng chyán-kwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinq chyankuen
    • Palladius: дин цянькунь (din cjanʹkunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ kʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ding⁶ kin⁴ kwan¹
    • Yale: dihng kìhn kwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding⁶ kin⁴ kwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding⁶ kin⁴ kuen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ²² kʰiːn²¹ kʷʰɐn⁵⁵/

Verb

定⫽乾坤 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. (idiomatic) to determine the course of events

   這件事並非你一人之力能夠定乾坤的。 [MSC, trad.]
   这件事并非你一人之力能够定乾坤的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè jiàn shì bìngfēi nǐ yīrén zhī lì nénggòu dìng qiánkūn de. [Pinyin]

   This course of events cannot be determined by you alone.