抱定

Chinese

		to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug or embrace to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug or embrace; surround; cherish	to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order
simp. and trad. (抱定)		抱	定

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàodìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁵ ding⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phō-tēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàodìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàodìng
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴-ting⁴
    • Yale: bàu-dìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawdinq
    • Palladius: баодин (baodin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pou⁵ ding⁶
    • Yale: póuh dihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁵ ding⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou⁵ ding⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯¹³ tɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phō-tēng
    • Tâi-lô: phō-tīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoixdeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰo²²⁻²¹ tiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰo⁴¹⁻²² tiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰo²²⁻²¹ tiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰo³³⁻¹¹ tiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ³³⁻²¹ tiɪŋ³³/

Verb

抱定

1. to hold on firmly to something
2. to firmly believe in something