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particle possessive particle
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Structural Particle 结构助词
Notes: In this use 的 indicates the the item following belongs to the item preceding. It is required in most cases where a possessive relationship is intended (Ho 2002, '的' 1). For example, 政府的工作 'the government's work' (Xinhua Net, 2015-12-23). 的 is the most frequent word in the Beijing Language Institute's 1985 frequency wordlist (Ho 2002, '的'). -
de
particle
structural particle
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Structural Particle 结构助词
Notes: In this usage, 的 modifies an adjective with more than one syllable to indicate an attributive relationship (Ho 2002, '的' 2; Li Shaoqi, 2003, pp. 419-420). For example, 她低声的说 She said in a low voice (Lao She, 2003, p. 176). 的 is used after reduplicated one syllable adjectives that modify a noun. In addition, 的 is also used in an attributive prepositional prhase that modifies a noun. For example, 这没有什么对不起人的地方。 'There is nothing to be sorry about here.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 174) 的 is used after a verb that modifies a noun. -
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particle
complement
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Structural Particle 结构助词
Notes: In this usage, 的 acts as a complement. For example, 工作是充分肯定的 'the work was abundant confirmed.' (Li Shaoqi, 2003, pp. 420-421) -
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particle
a substitute for something already referred to
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Structural Particle 结构助词
Notes: In this usage, 的 acts as a substitute for something referred to earlier or understood. For example, 黑的或白的? 'A black one or a white one?' (Li Shaoqi, 2003, p. 421)
Contained in
- 的确良(的確良) dacron
- 大安的列斯 Greater Antilles, Caribbean archipelago
- 乍猛的 suddenly
- 灵活的方法(靈活的方法) a flexible method
- 无的放矢(無的放矢) to shoot without aiming / to speak without thinking
- 煮熟的鸭子飞了(煮熟的鴨子飛了) the cooked duck flew away / to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers
- 龙的传人(龍的傳人) Descendants of the Dragon (i.e. Han Chinese)
- 天生的一对(天生的一對) couple who were made for each other
- 严重的问题(嚴重的問題) serious problem
- 阿的平 atabrine or quinacrine, used as antimalarial drug and antibiotic against intestinal parasite giardiasis
- 分散的策略 diffused strategy
- 吃人家的嘴软,拿人家的手短(吃人家的嘴軟,拿人家的手短) the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach
- 扶不起的阿斗 weak and inept person / hopeless case
- 娘的 damn ; belonging to mother
- 赶车的(趕車的) a driver / a rickshaw driver
- 跑堂儿的(跑堂兒的) waiter
- 标的(標的) target / aim / objective / what one hopes to gain
- 姜还是老的辣(薑還是老的辣) ginger gets spicier as it gets older / the older, the wiser
- 什么风把你吹来的(什麼風把你吹來的) What brings you here?
- 内生的(內生的) endogenous
- 金窝银窝不如自己的狗窝(金窩銀窩不如自己的狗窩) there's no place like home
- 葫芦里卖的是什么药(葫蘆裡賣的是什麼藥) what has (he) got up (his) sleeve? / what's going on?
- 一条绳上的蚂蚱(一條繩上的螞蚱) grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string / people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together
- 家家有本难念的经(家家有本難念的經) Every family goes through its problems.
- 工人和农民的联盟(工人和農民的聯盟) worker-peasant alliance
- 狗玩儿的(狗玩兒的) beast (derog.)
- 中的 to hit the target / to hit the nail on the head
- 有的是 have plenty of / there's no lack of
- 他喵的 drat / frick
- 小的 small / young [child] ; I ; a servant
- 妥妥的 don't worry, it's all taken care of
- 真有你的 You're really quite something! / You're just amazing!
- 准的(準的) standard / norm / criterion
- 扑的(撲的) a striking sound ; suddenly
- 面向对象的技术(面嚮對象的技術) object-oriented technology
- 强扭的瓜不甜(強扭的瓜不甜) if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist)
- 不咋的 not that great / not up to much / nothing special
- 绝望的境地(絕望的境地) desperate straits / impossible situation
- 灵的世界(靈的世界) spirit world
- 男的 man
- 的款 reliable funds
- 缔结的契约(締結的契約) a completed agreement
- 皇冠上的明珠 the brightest jewel in the crown
Also contained in
贫僧说话的回响 、 权力的游戏 、 已生的善法,令它增长 、 雅典的泰门 、 宝葫芦的秘密 、 巴尔的摩 、 巴而朮阿而忒的斤 、 向受过现代教育的人介绍佛教
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- 第二回 Chapter 74 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 216
- 第二回 Chapter 119 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 185
- 第二回 Chapter 62 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 184
- 第二回 Chapter 56 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 180
- 第二回 Chapter 110 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 179
- 第二回 Chapter 19 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 172
- 第二回 Chapter 77 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 169
- 第二回 Chapter 57 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 165
- 第二回 Chapter 67 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 163
- 第二回 Chapter 63 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 163