Chinese

指定

/ʈ͡ʂɻ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tiŋ⁵¹/
to confirm (a person, time, place, etc.); to appoint; to assign; to designate; to nominate
  • HSK 6
  • TOCFL 6

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Lineage

  • characterChinese指 “finger (Classifier: 個／个 mn-t)”
    • meaningChinese手 “hand (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn; 雙／双 m mn; 對／对 c)”
    • soundChinese旨 “delicious”
      • soundChinese匕 “a kind of spoon in ancient China”
      • meaningChinese甘 “sweet”
  • characterChinese定 “stable; steady; fixed”
    • meaningChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
    • soundChinese正 “straight; upright in proper position; middle”
      • soundChinese丁 “the fourth of the ten heavenly stems”
      • meaningChinese止 “foot”

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