Chinese Word: 得 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

得HSK 4

Total strokes: 11; Radical: 彳

Ideographic: A hand 寸 grabbing a shell 旦

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 彳 [ chì ] to step with the left foot
- ⿱ Above to below
  - 旦 [ dàn ] dawn; morning; day
  - 寸 [ cùn ] inch; small, tiny

Antonyms: 失

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Pinyin: dé

English Definition: to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished
Example Words:
得到 [ dé dào ]: to get; to obtain; to receive
获得 [ huò dé ]: to obtain; to receive; to get
不得 [ bù dé ]: must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot
取得 [ qǔ dé ]: to acquire; to get; to obtain
得了 [ dé le ]: all right!; that's enough!
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Pinyin: de

English Definition: structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
Example Words:
觉得 [ jué de ]: to think; to feel
显得 [ xiǎn de ]: to seem; to look; to appear
记得 [ jì de ]: to remember
使得 [ shǐ de ]: usable; workable; feasible; doable; to make; to cause
懂得 [ dǒng de ]: to understand; to know; to comprehend
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Pinyin: děi

English Definition: to have to; must; ought to; to need to
Example Words:
总得 [ zǒng děi ]: must; have to; be bound to
非得 [ fēi děi ]: (followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可 , or 不行 etc) must
必得 [ bì děi ]: must; have to
得亏 [ děi kuī ]: luckily; fortunately
得尔塔 [ děi ěr tǎ ]: delta (Greek letter Δδ)
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