给定 (gěi dìng) — to specify in advance; to set (a condition or parameter); (often used attributively) given; specified

Definition

verb
to specify in advanceto set (a condition or parameter)(often used attributively) givenspecified

Examples

  • 给定。
    Zài gěi dìng wēn dù xià fǎn yìng jìn xíng dé hěn kuài.
    The reaction proceeds very quickly at the given temperature.
  • 给定。
    Qǐng àn zhào gěi dìng guī zé wán chéng zuò yè.
    Please complete the homework according to the given rules.
  • 给定。
    gěi dìng Zhí bù néng wèi líng.
    The given value cannot be zero.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

给gěigive
定dìngset

给 means give or assign, and 定 means set or fixed, so it means to give something in a fixed way.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 給; 给 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
合
合hé給gěi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 給 uses 糸 (silk) for meaning and 合 for sound, and its old sense was rich, abundant, perhaps referring to precious silk; 给 is a later simplified form.

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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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