订单 dìngdān order
(purchase) order
How to remember 订单: 订 make an order + 单 single = order.
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How it is used
- A purchase order - 下订单 (xià dìngdān) to place an order, 取消订单 (qǔxiāo dìngdān) cancel an order.
- The commercial order document/record for goods; core e-commerce and business vocabulary.
- 订 here = to order/book (read dìng).
Example sentences
- 您决定好要下订单了吗？ Nín juédìng hǎoyào xià dìngdān le ma?Are you ready to order now?
- 我们的钱不够，所以我只好把订单取消了。 Wǒmen de qián búgòu, suǒyǐ wǒ zhǐhǎo bǎ dìngdān qǔxiāo le.I had to cancel the order because we didn't have enough money.