注定

註定

zhùdìng

verb HSK 7-9 #2,767

Meanings

1 to be destined
2 to be doomed
3 to be fated

Characters

to fix; to concentrate

to fix; to settle; certain

Examples

HSK 2

他们注定要在一起。

Tāmen zhùdìng yào zài yìqǐ.

They are destined to be together.

HSK 4

这个计划注定会失败。

Zhège jìhuà zhùdìng huì shībài.

This plan is doomed to fail.

Tips

grammar

注定 is typically followed by 要/会 + result: 注定要成功 (destined to succeed), 注定会失败 (doomed to fail).

Stroke Order

注 zhù

定 dìng