检定 (jiǎndìng): to test and verify

Meanings

1 to test and verify
2 to examine
3 to assay
4 to calibrate (instruments)

Characters

检

Examples

所有计量器具必须定期检定。

Suǒyǒu jìliàng qìjù bìxū dìngqī jiǎndìng.

All measuring instruments must be calibrated periodically.

这批样品已经通过检定。

Zhè pī yàngpǐn yǐjīng tōngguò jiǎndìng.

This batch of samples has passed inspection.

Tips

usage

More formal/technical than 检查 (examine) — 检定 implies an official verdict (certified, calibrated, authenticated). Common in metrology, lab testing, and paternity tests (see 亲子鉴定 — different character 鉴 but same spirit).

Stroke Order

检 jiǎn

定 dìng

Related Words

检验 jiǎnyàn HSK 5 #4,850

to inspect; to examine; to test / inspection; examination

检测 jiǎncè HSK 4 #2,648

to test; to detect; to examine / testing; detection

亲子鉴定 qīnzǐjiàndìng

paternity test / maternity test / DNA parentage test

检 jiǎn #2,626

to check; to examine; to inspect

检查 jiǎnchá HSK 2 #654

to check / to examine / inspection

鉴定 jiàndìng HSK 6 #5,363

to authenticate; to appraise; to identify / appraisal; evaluation

坚定 jiāndìng HSK 5 #5,578

firm; steady; resolute / to strengthen (one's resolve)

检出率 jiǎnchūlǜ

detection rate / positive rate (of a test)

检验报告 jiǎnyànbàogào

test report / lab/inspection report

检察官 jiǎncháguān #1,992

prosecutor / public procurator