否定 fǒudìng▶ negativo

Stroke order

否定 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

• 否 — 7 strokes
• 定 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. to negate
2. to deny
3. to reject
4. negative (answer)
5. negation

Related words

• 制定Formular
• 否认negar
• 固定fijo
• 确定Determinar
• 稳定Estable
• 说不定quizás

否定 is pronounced fǒudìng and means “negativo”. You will meet it in HSK 5, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 否定 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.