划定 (huà dìng) — to delimit, to demarcate

Definition

verb
to delimitto demarcate

Examples

  • 划定。
    Liǎng guó huà dìng le biān jiè.
    The two countries delimited the border.
  • 划定。
    Zhèng fǔ huà dìng le bǎo hù qū de fàn wéi.
    The government demarcated the boundaries of the protected area.
  • 划定。
    Tā men xū yào huà dìng zé rèn qū yù.
    They need to delineate the responsibility zones.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

划huàdraw
定dìngfix

划 (draw) and 定 (fix) together mean draw fixed boundaries.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
刀刀dāo
Sound part声符shēngfú
戈
戈gē划huá
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

划 is made of 刀, a knife, and 戈, a weapon. The 戈 part gives the sound.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宀宀mián
Sound part声符shēngfú
正
正zhèng定dìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

定 is built from 宀 and 正, with 正 supplying the sound.

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