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The Chinese word de - 得 - de
( particle )



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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

de

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(Mandarin = standard Chinese without accent)

Note: This Chinese character can also be pronounced dĕi / dé. However, with a different pronunciation, the meaning of the character will change as well:
If 得 is pronounced "dé", it means to receive.

English translation

particle

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 得 ( de ) correctly?"

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Chinese characters  ( de ) with pronunciation (English translation: <i>particle</i> )
The traditional Chinese characters of de are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
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Character complexity
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is composed of 11 strokes and therefore is of average complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

She looks nice  |  He swims well  |  inserted between a verb and its complement to express possibility or capability. Also used to link a verb/adjective to a complement describing manner or degree
得 ( de ) belongs to the 50 most common Chinese characters (rank 31)
Chinese example words containing the character 得 ( de )
彼得 ( Bĭdé = Peter ), 不得不 ( bùdé bù = to have to ), 得很 ( de hĕn = than ), 得到 ( dédào = to obtain ), 得意 ( déyì = complacent ), 懂得 ( dŏngdé = to understand ), 获得 ( huòdé = to obtain ), 记得 ( jìde = to remember ), 觉得 ( juéde = to feel ), 来得及 ( lái dejí = in time ), 取得 ( qŭdé = to obtain ), 舍不得 ( shĕ bù dé = to hate to part with or use ), 显得 ( xiăndé = to seem ), 值得 ( zhíde = to be worth )
Other characters that are pronounced de in Chinese
More words that mean particle in Chinese
ba ( 吧 ), de ( 的 ), de ( 地 ), le ( 了 ), me ( 么 ), ( 哪 ), ne ( 呢 ), zhe ( 着 )

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