必定

Chinese

 
certainly; must; will
certainly; must; will; necessarily
 
to set; to fix; to determine
to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
simp. and trad.
(必定)
必 定
anagram 定必

Etymology

Attested in the 1st century BC work 《說苑》 (Shuo Yuan) compiled by Liu Xiang written in the Han Dynasty.

Pronunciation


Adverb

必定

  1. without fail; certainly; surely; definitely; inevitably
  2. determinedly

Synonyms

  • (without fail):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “without fail”): 偶然 (ǒurán)

Adjective

必定

  1. (literary, Classical Chinese) certain and settled

Japanese

Kanji in this term
必 定
ひつ
Grade: 4
じょう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ひつじょー [hìtsújóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [çi̥t͡sɨᵝʑo̞ː]

Noun

必(ひつ)定(じょう) • (hitsujō) 

  1. inevitably, certainly

Adjective

必(ひつ)定(じょう) • (hitsujō) -na (adnominal 必(ひつ)定(じょう)な (hitsujō na), adverbial 必(ひつ)定(じょう)に (hitsujō ni))

  1. inevitably, certainly

Inflection

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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