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| Processed by: | richwarm (2023-11-05 23:29:40 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 74917 - submitted by 'ivanktw3' >> Word from HSK3.0 list: https://www.chinesetest.cn/standardsAction.do?means=getStandardWordsList&leves=&words=&pinyin=&words_type=&pager.offset=1880 Example usage: 中華民國國旗定為紅地，左上角青天白日。 The national flag of the Republic of China shall be of red ground with a blue sky and a white sun in the upper left corner (https://law.moj.gov.tw/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=A0000001) 把…日子定为节日: designate day as holiday (https://www.gov.cn/govweb/node_13949/content_800920.htm) 定为恐怖事件: classified as a terrorist act 定为 N 元: set/fixed at N yuan --------------------------------------- Editor: Dictionaries generally don't include 定为 because it's compositional: 定 means "to set" and 为 means "as". (Similarly, English dictionaries don't have headwords like "designate as" or "classify as". Instead, they have entries for "designate" and "classify" and "as".) On HSK word lists (and the like) they do include some compositional phrases. In this particular case, it may be because they want learners to know that 定 is not only used in compounds like 決定, but is also used on its own as a verb. If so, including 定为 is a neat way of ensuring that students are aware of that. |
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# 定為 定为 [ding4 wei2] /to set as/to designate as, define as, classify as/ # # Editor: - 定 定 [ding4] /to set/to fix/to determine/to decide/to order/ + 定 定 [ding4] /to fix; to set; to make definite/to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc)/to congeal; to coagulate/(literary) definitely/ |