# 定金 (dìngjīn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 定金 (dìngjīn) means “deposit; down payment”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: deposit; down payment
- Pinyin: dìngjīn (ding4 jin1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 买这套房子要先交定金。
  Mǎi zhè tào fángzi yào xiān jiāo dìngjīn.
  You need to pay a deposit first to buy this apartment.

## Characters

- [定](https://hanziro.com/word/ding-set/) (dìng): to set; to decide
- [金](https://hanziro.com/word/jin-gold/) (jīn): gold; golden

https://hanziro.com/word/ding-jin-deposit/

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