to agree / to conclude / to draw up / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc) / to order
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How to pronounce 订

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= di initial

Di is for Dorothy Gale.

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+ (e)ng4 final

In the engine’s bathroom.

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订 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
dīng = di + (e)ng1
male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl
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yán = y + an2
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]
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Characters with 订 as component

订 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 订

to get engaged
to place an order / to book ahead
(purchase) order

Sentences with 订

订 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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dìng

to agree / to conclude / to draw up / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc) / to order

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