Chinese symbol for “betrothal”
定亲
dìng qīn
Traditional: 定親
to settle a marriage; betrothal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for betrothal is 定亲 (dìng qīn), defined as: to settle a marriage; betrothal.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 定亲.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 决定 (決定) | jué dìng | to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng)) |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled |
| 规定 (規定) | guī dìng | to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations |
| 确定 (確定) | què dìng | definite; certain |
| 肯定 | kěn dìng | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely |
| 稳定 (穩定) | wěn dìng | steady; stable |
| 母亲 (母親) | mǔ qīn | mother |
| 父亲 (父親) | fù qīn | father; also pr. [fu4 qin5] |
See also: Japanese symbol for “betrothal”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.