预订 (預訂)
yù dìng
Pinyin

Definition

预订 (預訂)
 - 
yù dìng
  1. to place an order
  2. to book ahead

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

订
dìng
  1. 1 to agree
  2. 2 to conclude
  3. 3 to draw up
  4. 4 to subscribe to (a newspaper etc)
  5. 5 to order
订票
dìng piào
  1. 1 to book tickets
  2. 2 to issue tickets
订阅
dìng yuè
  1. 1 subscription
  2. 2 to subscribe to
预告
yù gào
  1. 1 to forecast
  2. 2 to predict
  3. 3 advance notice
预报
yù bào
  1. 1 forecast

Idioms (2)

出乎预料
chū hū yù liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
勿谓言之不预
wù wèi yán zhī bù yù
  1. 1 (idiom) don't say you haven't been forewarned (threat used by the PRC in international diplomacy)

Sample Sentences

好的。不过这款蛋糕要预订。明天10点以后才可以拿。
hǎode 。bùguò zhè kuǎn dàngāo yào yùdìng 。míngtiān shídiǎn yǐhòu cái kěyǐ ná 。
Okay. However, you need to order this cake in advance. You can pick it up after 10 o'clock tomorrow.
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你好，我要搬家，想预订车子和工人。
nǐhǎo ，wǒ yào bānjiā ，xiǎng yùdìng chēzi hé gōngrén 。
Hello, I'm going to be moving house and I want to book a truck and some movers.
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