决定 (juédìng) means Decide (determine - decision). Below are 24 of the 54 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我 决定 明年去中国。
Wǒ juédìng míngnián qù Zhōngguó.
I have decided to go to China next year.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 决定
这件事你自己 决定 吧。
Zhè jiàn shì nǐ zìjǐ juédìng ba.
You decide this one yourself.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 决定
我们 决定 重新开始。
Wǒmen juédìng chóngxīn kāishǐ.
We decided to start over.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 重新
两家公司 决定 合作。
Liǎng jiā gōngsī juédìng hézuò.
The two companies decided to cooperate.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 合作
公司 决定 扩大生产。
Gōngsī juédìng kuòdà shēngchǎn.
The company decided to expand production.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 扩大
他迅速做出了 决定 。
Tā xùnsù zuò chū le juédìng.
He made a decision quickly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 迅速
他们 决定 主动进攻。
Tāmen juédìng zhǔdòng jìngōng.
They decided to take the offensive.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 进攻
做 决定 不能太任性。
Zuò juédìng bù néng tài rènxìng.
One cannot be too headstrong in making decisions.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 任性
公司 决定 削减开支。
Gōngsī juédìng xuējiǎn kāizhī.
The company decided to cut expenditure.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 削
最后我们 决定 坐地铁。
Zuìhòu wǒmen juédìng zuò dìtiě.
In the end we decided to take the subway.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 最后
去不去反正由你 决定 。
Qù bú qù fǎnzhèng yóu nǐ juédìng.
Whether to go is up to you anyway.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 反正
我们要尽快做出 决定 。
Wǒmen yào jǐnkuài zuò chū juédìng.
We need to decide as quickly as we can.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 尽快
一旦 决定 了就别后悔。
Yídàn juédìng le jiù bié hòuhuǐ.
Once you have decided, do not regret it.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 一旦
别犹豫了，快 决定 吧。
Bié yóuyù le, kuài juédìng ba.
Stop hesitating and decide.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 犹豫
大家都赞成这个 决定 。
Dàjiā dōu zànchéng zhège juédìng.
Everyone endorses this decision.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 赞成
这是一个重大的 决定 。
Zhè shì yí ge zhòngdà de juédìng.
This is a major decision.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 重大
他请示后才做了 决定 。
Tā qǐngshì hòu cái zuò le juédìng.
He only made the decision after asking for instructions.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 请示
他做 决定 一向很慎重。
Tā zuò juédìng yíxiàng hěn shènzhòng.
He has always been cautious in making decisions.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 慎重
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From the graded readers
两年前，我 决定 开始跑步。
liǎng niánqián, wǒ juédìng kāishǐ pǎobù.
Two years ago I decided to start running.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
最难的不是搬，而是 决定 什么东西要扔。
zuì nán de / dì búshì bān, érshì juédìng shénme dōngxī yāo rēng.
The hard part wasn't the carrying — it was deciding what to throw away.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
我忍了两个星期，最后 决定 上去说一说。
wǒ rěn le / liǎo / liào liǎng gè xīngqī, zuìhòu juédìng shàngqù shuō yī shuō.
I put up with it for two weeks and finally decided to go up and say something.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
三年前，我做了一个让所有人都反对的 决定 。
sānnián qián, wǒ zuòle yīgè ràng suǒyǒu rén dōu fǎnduì de / dì juédìng.
Three years ago I made a decision everybody was against.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
三十岁生日那天，我做了一个 决定 ：我要重新开始学画画。
sānshí suì shēngrì nà / nèi tiān, wǒ zuòle yīgè juédìng: wǒ yāo chóngxīn kāishǐ xué huà huà.
On my thirtieth birthday I made a decision: I was going to start learning to paint again.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
决定 appears in 54 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 决定
How is 决定 used in a sentence?
This page shows 54 sentences using 决定 (juédìng, "Decide (determine - decision)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 决定 an HSK word?
Yes — 决定 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 决定?
The dictionary page for 决定 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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