假定

Mandarin · pinyin jiǎ dìng

Meanings

  1. to assume
  2. to suppose
  3. supposed
  4. so-called
  5. assumption
  6. hypothesis
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假
jiǎ · falsehood, deception; vacation
定
dìng · decide, settle, fix
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3–4 · jia3 ding4

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gaa2 ding6

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verb

  1. to assume; to suppose; to presume

noun

  1. hypothesis

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