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

他们注定要在一起。

Tāmen zhùdìng yào zài yīqǐ.

They are destined to be together.

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