预定 and 预订

[rezaf]

Is there a difference between 预定 and 预订? Which one do you use for booking a hotel room, flight etc?

[Philee]

预定 means plan in advance

预订 means book in advance

where

预 means in advance

定 means to plan

订 means to book

so use 预订 in booking a hotel

[mythia]

Please allow me to copy 百度知道:

"预定一般指对某一件事情先暂时定下来，如果没有特殊情况的话就不会改变了。

比如：婚期预定在某月某日

而预订一般是指对房间、机票、门票、会议室、酒店用餐时间等等。"

http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/3542229.html

Use google or baidu as a Chinese search engine, it may give you surprise findings.

[kenny123]

定 means "to decide".订 means "to book"

so you should use "预订酒店"

[msittig]

Use google or baidu as a Chinese search engine, it may give you surprise findings.

I suggest Google and Baidu Zhidao, but not Baidu. Baidu's rankings are junk compared to Google, but Baidu Zhidao knows many, many things.

[tang71580505]

there is a very effortless method to distinguish them，预定almost means to the plan or process will goes well in a proleptic states。but 预订，it's used for the object or the services （such as the present or tickets、hotel services) to satisfy the “预订” plan！

got it？