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

• 九次第定 nine graduated concentrations
• 肯定自我 have faith in ourselves
• 不共不定(不共不定) uncertainty of a reason because it is not shared [by either case]
• 共舍生定(共捨生定) collective abandonment of sensation and perception arising from samadhi
• 受持戒法如璎珞 可以庄严身心 坚定信仰如明灯 可以照破痴暗(受持戒法如瓔珞 可以莊嚴身心 堅定信仰如明燈 可以照破痴暗) Upholding precepts is like wearing an ornament that adorns both body and mind. Strengthened faith is like a shining light that dispels the darkness in the mind.
• 十千日光三昧定 Shi Qian Riguang Sanmei Ding
• 十定 ten concentrations
• 决定毘尼经(決定毘尼經) Sutra on Judging Monastic Discipline (Jueding Pini Jing)
• 二无心定(二無心定) two forms of no-thought meditatation
• 决定(決定) to decide ; certainly ; determination ; conclusive ; fixed; unchanging; constant; determined; niścaya
• 心安性定 A Peaceful Mind and Unfaltering Nature
• 定光佛 Dipankara Buddha ; Dipankara

Also contained in

罗定 、 议定 、 定冠词 、 坚定不疑 、 断定 、 一言为定 、 定海区 、 定谳 、 安定时间 、 放射免疫测定 、 盖棺论定 、 划定 、 制定 、 平定 、 定食 、 固定电话 、 高丽忠定王 、 定鼎 、 定睛 、 无罪推定 、 牟定县 、 命定 、 预定 、 钦定全唐文 、 基本定理 、 罗定市 、 定期 、 刊定 、 全球定位系统 、 坚定不移 、 假定 、 约定资讯速率 、 排定 、 定王 、 定价 、 限定词 、 定日 、 技能检定 、 摇摆不定

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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: 274
• 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
• 定觉意 (定覺意) 六者修定覺意 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
• 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
• 五定 (五定) 五定 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 9 — count: 4
• 定记 (定記) 不決定記 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 17 — count: 4
• 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