定 dìng

1. dìng verb to decide
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 决定 (Liu Lianli, 1999, '定' 2; Ho 2002, '定' 3) 定 is the 180th most frequently used word in the Beijing Language Institute frequency wordlist (1985).
2. dìng verb certainly; definitely
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Ho 2002, '定' 5)
3. dìng verb to determine
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 约定 (Liu Lianli, 1999, '定' 3)
4. dìng verb to calm down
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 定下来 (Liu Lianli, 1999, '定' 3; Ho 2002, '定' 2)
5. dìng verb to set; to fix
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 眼睛定在目标 'fix your eyes on a target' (Ho 2002, '定' 1)
6. dìng verb to book; to subscribe to; to order
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 定做 (Ho 2002, '定' 4)
7. dìng verb still
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As a verb complement (Ho 2002, '定' 6)
8. dìng verb Concentration
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
   Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)
9. dìng noun meditative concentration; meditation
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Concept: Paramita 波罗蜜
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: dhyāna, or: samādhi, Pali: jhāna; Japanese: jō; dhyāna is the fifth of the six paramitas (BCSD '定', p. 376; DJBT '定', p. 435; FGDB '定'; MW 'dhyāna'; SH '定', p. 254)
10. dìng adjective real; sadbhūta
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: sadbhūta; used in Buddhist logic, for example in the Scroll 2 of 中論 “Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way” by Nāgārjuna in the analysis of agent and object (BCSD '定', p. 376; Siderits and Katsura 2013, pp. 93-94; T 1564, 30.0012c10)

Contained in

• 说妙法决定业障经(說妙法決定業障經) Shuo Miao Fa Jueding Yezhang Jing ; Shuo Miao Fa Jueding Yezhang Jing
• 九次第定 nine graduated concentrations
• 戒定慧 morality, meditative concentration, wisdom ; morality, wisdom, and meditation; the three studies; the three trainings; triśikṣā
• 决定有作者(決定有作者) a real agent
• 十方现在佛悉在前立定经(十方現在佛悉在前立定經) Shi Fang Xianzi Fo Xi Zi Qian Li Ding Jing
• 禅定(禪定) meditative concentration ; meditative concentration; meditation ; to meditate
• 定林下寺 Dinglinxia Temple
• 共不定 both indeterminate ; uncertainty because a reason is common [to both arguments]
• 心安茅屋稳 性定菜根香 世事静方见 人情淡始长(心安茅屋穩 性定菜根香 世事靜方見 人情淡始長) A peaceful mind stays in an unshakable hut. A steady nature tastes delicacy in vegetable roots. A calm observer detects the unseen in this world. A bland relationship is the one to last long.
• 决定义经(決定義經) Arthaviniścayadharmaparyāyasūtra; Jueding Yi Jing
• 佛说成具光明定意经(佛說成具光明定意經) Sutra on the Attainment of the Radiant Concentration; Fo Shuo Cheng Ju Guangming Ding Yi Jing

Also contained in

定场白 、 安定乡 、 定购 、 预定 、 非法定 、 定州 、 认定 、 按规定 、 一般规定 、 泰定 、 镇定药 、 嘉定 、 命定论 、 滴定管 、 用户定义 、 杠杆定律 、 基本定理 、 铁定 、 无定见 、 不定冠词 、 定向选择 、 安定区 、 定点企业 、 定于一尊 、 定价 、 视力测定法 、 定论 、 炼之未定 、 心神不定 、 钦定二十四史 、 人定胜天 、 限定词 、 浮力定律 、 除另有约定 、 塘沽协定 、 不定积分 、 游移不定 、 不定形 、 法定代表人 、 定海神针

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 30 Śāriputrābhidharmaśāstra (Shelifu Apitan Lun) 舍利弗阿毘曇論 — count: 724
• Scroll 21 Abhidharmakośaśāstra (Apidamo Ju She Shi Lun) 阿毘達磨俱舍釋論 — count: 349
• Scroll 28 Śāriputrābhidharmaśāstra (Shelifu Apitan Lun) 舍利弗阿毘曇論 — count: 338
• Scroll 7 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 275
• Scroll 17 Commentary on the Yogācārabhūmiśāstra 瑜伽論記 — count: 273
• Scroll 4 Commentary on the Yogācārabhūmiśāstra 瑜伽論記 — count: 268
• Scroll 28 Notes on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論記 — count: 264
• Scroll 44 Abhidharmavibhāṣāśāstra (Apitan Pi Po Sha Lun) 阿毘曇毘婆沙論 — count: 226
• Scroll 28 Commentary on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論疏 — count: 212
• Scroll 13 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 209

Collocations

• 定生 (定生) 定生喜 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 10
• 定起 (定起) 從空處定起 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 9
• 修定 (修定) 六者修定覺意 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
• 种定 (種定) 五種定 — Sutra on the Law of Ten Rewards in the Dirghagama (Chang Ahan Shi Bao Fa Jing) 長阿含十報法經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
• 定灭 (定滅) 一者欲定滅行成就修習神足 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 5
• 定觉意 (定覺意) 六者修定覺意 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
• 识处定 (識處定) 入識處定 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 4
• 意定 (意定) 三者意定滅行成就修習神足 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 4
• 五定 (五定) 五定 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 9 — count: 4
• 想定 (想定) 入滅想定 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 4