肯定

Chinese

		to agree; to consent; to be ready (to do something) to agree; to consent; to be ready (to do something); willing	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
trad. (肯定)		肯	定
simp. #(肯定)		肯	定

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěndìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄣˇ ㄉㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang² ding⁶

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khién-thin

  (Hailu, HRS): kien^ˊ tin^˖

• Jin (Wiktionary): keng² ding³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khéng-tēng / khńg-tēng / khún-tēng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kêng² dian⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěndìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄣˇ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěndìng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻên³-ting⁴
    • Yale: kěn-dìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keendinq
    • Palladius: кэньдин (kɛnʹdin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰən²¹⁴⁻²¹ tiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang² ding⁶
    • Yale: háng dihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang² ding⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng² ding⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ³⁵ tɪŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khién-thin
    • Hakka Romanization System: kien^ˋ tin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kian³ tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯en³¹ tʰin⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: kien^ˊ tin^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰien²⁴⁻³³ tʰin³³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: keng² ding³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰəŋ⁵³ tiŋ⁴⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khéng-tēng
    • Tâi-lô: khíng-tīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qefngdeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khńg-tēng
    • Tâi-lô: khńg-tīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qngfdeng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰŋ̍⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khún-tēng
    • Tâi-lô: khún-tīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qwndeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɪŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kêng² dian⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khéng tiāⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰeŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ tĩã¹¹/

Adjective

肯定

1. (attributive) certain; affirmative; positive
2. fixed; certain; sure

Synonyms

• (certain): 正面 (zhèngmiàn)
• (fixed): 固定 (gùdìng), 確定／确定 (quèdìng), 一定 (yīdìng)

Adverb

肯定

1. surely; definitely; must be

   一路走來肯定不容易。 [MSC, trad.]
   一路走来肯定不容易。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yīlù zǒu lái kěndìng bùróngyì. [Pinyin]

   The journey must have been difficult.

   我們肯定是沒有錢做什麼廣告了。 [MSC, trad.]
   我们肯定是没有钱做什么广告了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒmen kěndìng shì méiyǒu qián zuò shénme guǎnggào le. [Pinyin]

   We definitely wouldn't have money for advertising.

Synonyms

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• 一定 (yīdìng)
• 保準 / 保准 (bǎozhǔn) (colloquial)
• 保管 (bǎoguǎn)
• 保險 / 保险 (bǎoxiǎn) (dialectal)
• 勢必 / 势必 (shìbì)
• 定必 (ding⁶ bit¹) (Cantonese)
• 局 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 必定 (bìdìng)
• 必然 (bìrán)
• 決計 / 决计 (juéjì)
• 準保 / 准保 (zhǔnbǎo)
• 準定 / 准定 (zhǔndìng)
• 無疑 / 无疑 (wúyí)
• 硬額 / 硬额 (Quanzhou Hokkien)

Verb

肯定

1. to approve; to confirm; to affirm
   • 2013, “歹逗陣”, in 潘協慶 [Tom Pan] (lyrics), 陳子鴻 [Eric Chen] (music), 遠走高飛‎, performed by 江蕙 [Jody Chiang] and 陳嘉樺 [Ella Chen]:

     等別人來肯定　不如一個人卡清靜 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     等别人来肯定　不如一个人卡清静 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     tán pa̍t-lâng lâi khún-tēng, put-lû chi̍t ê lâng khah chheng-chēng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Waiting for others' affirmation is not as good as being in the traquility of being alone

2. to be certain

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to confirm”): 否定 (fǒudìng)

Noun

肯定

1. approval; validation; affirmation

Derived terms

• 性別肯定手術 / 性别肯定手术 (xìngbié kěndìng shǒushù)
• 肯定命題 / 肯定命题
• 肯定性
• 自我肯定

Related terms

• 當然／当然 (dāngrán)
• 確定／确定 (quèdìng)
• 一定 (yīdìng)