平定

píngdìng
to pacify

CEDICT

  1. (～省) Bình Định (a former province of Vietnam) (abolished in 2025)
  2. (～縣) Pingding (a county of Yangquan, Shanxi, China)
  3. Bình Định (a former province of Vietnam) (abolished in 2025)
  4. Pingding (a county of Yangquan, Shanxi, China)
  5. peaceful and stable
  6. to calm down
  7. to pacify; to suppress (by military force)

Wiktionary

  1. 平稳安定。
  2. 平息动乱。
  3. 辨治决定。
  4. 县名。参见「平定县」条。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

平定 Píngdìng Pingding county in Yangquan 阳泉 Yángquán, Shanxi

Entry Composition

1 平 píng
  1. flat
  2. level
  3. equal
  4. to tie (make the same score)
  5. to draw (score)
  6. calm
  7. peaceful
  8. abbr. for 平声 píngshēng
2 定 dìng
  1. to fix; to set; to make definite
  2. to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc)
  3. to congeal; to coagulate
  4. (literary) definitely

Related entries

平伏 píngfú
  1. to pacify
  2. to calm
  3. calm
  4. quiet
  5. to lie on one's belly
绥 suí
  1. to pacify
  2. Taiwan pr. suī
绥靖 suíjìng
  1. to pacify
  2. to appease
  3. appeasement
安抚 ānfǔ
  1. to placate
  2. to pacify
  3. to appease
他在安撫他的母親。

He's consoling his mother.

Source: Tatoeba

宁 níng
  1. peaceful
  2. to pacify
  3. to visit (one's parents etc)
我寧死不降。

I would rather die than surrender.

Source: Tatoeba

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