Chinese symbol for “formulate”
制定
zhì dìng
to draw up; to formulate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for formulate is 制定 (zhì dìng), defined as: to draw up; to formulate.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “formulate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 创制 (創制) | chuàng zhì | to formulate; to institute; to create |
| 表述 | biǎo shù | to express; to articulate; to formulate |
| 制订 (制訂) | zhì dìng | to work out; to formulate |
| 拟定 (擬定) | nǐ dìng | to draw up; to draft |
| 订定 (訂定) | dìng dìng | to set; to designate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 制定.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 控制 | kòng zhì | to control |
| 制度 | zhì dù | system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution |
| 限制 | xiàn zhì | to restrict; to limit |
| 制作 (製作) | zhì zuò | to make; to manufacture |
| 制造 (製造) | zhì zào | to manufacture; to make |
| 体制 (體制) | tǐ zhì | system; organization |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “formulate”.
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.