一定 yídìng▶ Cierto, seguro

Stroke order

一定 is written in 9 strokes across 2 characters.

• 一 — 1 stroke
• 定 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. surely; certainly; definitely
2. fixed; settled
3. a certain ...; a given ...

Example sentences

• 明天我一定来。Míngtiān wǒ yídìng lái.I will definitely come tomorrow.
• 你一定要小心。Nǐ yídìng yào xiǎoxīn.You must be careful.

Related words

• 一共Completamente
• 一样igualmente
• 一直siempre
• 一般comúnmente
• 一边Un lado
• 决定Decisión

一定 is pronounced yídìng and means “Cierto, seguro”. You will meet it in HSK 3, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 一定 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.