dìng
conclude; draw up; order; revise
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我订了一张去北京的机票。
wǒ dìngle yī zhāng qù běijīng de jīpiào.
I booked a plane ticket to Beijing.
我在网上订购了一本书。
wǒ zài wǎngshàng dìnggòule yī běn shū.
I ordered a book online.
我们已经预订了酒店。
wǒmen yǐjīng yùdìngle jiǔdiàn.
We have already booked the hotel.
预订 (yùdìng)
reserve
订阅 (dìngyuè)
subscribe
退订 (tuìdìng)
cancel
取消 (qǔxiāo)
cancel
The Chinese character 订 (dìng) is composed of two parts: the radical 订 (dìng), which means "to order" or "to make a contract", and the phonetic component 定 (dìng), which means "to settle" or "to decide". The character 订 is first seen in oracle bone script, where it is depicted as a hand holding a knife, representing the act of cutting or marking something. In seal script, the character evolves to include the radical 订, which is a simplified version of the hand holding a knife. In modern Chinese, the character 订 is used in a variety of contexts, including "to order", "to make a contract", "to decide", and "to settle".
