Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
订
dìng
Description
"订"的意思是提前安排好一件事，比如买东西或者定位子。
我们常说订机票、订酒店、订餐。
Meanings
订dìng
to book, reserve, or order in advance
我想订两张电影票。
订dìng
to make an agreement; to conclude (a contract)
两家公司订了合同。
订dìng
to fasten together; to bind
请把这些纸订在一起。
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Notes
- Nuance
订 stresses booking/reserving ahead; 预订 is a common two-syllable synonym for reservations.
- Etymology
the 讠(speech) radical links it to agreeing, promising, and settling matters.
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