得 de

1. de particle potential marker
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Structural Particle 结构助词
   Notes: In this use, 得 is a sentence particle used after a verb to show possibility. 得 must be placed after a verb or adjective and before a complement of degree (ABC 'de' 得 sp; Kroll 2015 '得' 3; NCCED de '得' 1).
2. dé verb to obtain; to get; to gain; to attain; to win
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: The verb 得 may be used before a noun or pronoun or with a following verb. 得 is used in this sense in both literary and modern Chinese (ABC 'dé' 得 v 1; Giles 1892 '得'; Kroll 2015 '得' 1; NCCED dé '得' 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 122). For example, in literary Chinese, 是故君子有大道，必忠信以得之 'Thus we see that the sovereign [junzi] has a great course to pursue. He must show entire self-devotion and sincerity to attain it.' (Book of Rites, Great Learning 禮記‧大學, trans. by Legge 1885)
3. děi adverb must; ought to
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (ABC 'děi' 得 aux; NCCED děi '得' 2)
4. děi verb to want to; to need to
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (ABC 'děi' 得 v 1; NCCED děi '得' 1)
5. děi auxiliary verb must; ought to
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In this sense, 得 is an auxiliary verb expressing obligation. The negative form is 不用 or 不要. It began to be used in this sense from the Tang (ABC 'děi' 得 v 2; NCCED děi '得' 3; Norman 1988, p. 125).
6. dé foreign de
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Foreign Language
   Notes: Used to transliterate foreign names
7. de infix infix potential marker
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: 得 is one of the two infixes in Chinese, the other being 不 'not'. For example, 看得见 'can see' and 找得到 'can find' (ABC 'de' 得 infix; Kroll 2015 '得' 2; NCCED de '得' 2; Sun 2006, loc. 728).
8. dé verb to result in
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'dé' 得 v 2; NCCED dé '得' 9)
9. dé verb to be proper; to fit; to suit
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'dé' 得 v 3; NCCED dé '得' 4)
10. dé verb to be satisfied
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (ABC 'dé' 得 v 4; NCCED dé '得' 5)
11. dé verb to be finished
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Spoken Language
    Notes: (ABC 'dé' 得 v 5; NCCED dé '得' 6)
12. de particle result of degree
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Structural Particle 结构助词
    Notes: In this use, 得 is a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect or degree (NCCED de '得' 3). For example, 他都知道得清清楚楚 'he knows everything very clearly.' (Ye Shengtao, 1999, p. 6)
13. de particle marks completion of an action
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: In this use in spoken Chinese, 得 is a sentence particle used after a verb to show completion of an action (NCCED de '得' 4).
14. děi adjective satisfying
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: (NCCED děi '得' 4)
15. dé verb to contract
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: a disease (NCCED dé '得' 2)
16. dé particle marks permission or possibility
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: (NCCED dé '得' 3)
17. dé particle expressing frustration
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Spoken Language
    Notes: (NCCED dé '得' 8)
18. dé verb to hear
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: To obtain information by hearing it (Kroll 2015 '得' 1a)
19. dé verb to have; there is
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '得' 4)
20. dé verb marks time passed
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 得 is used before a time word (Kroll 2015 '得' 5)

Contained in

• 吓得发抖(嚇得發抖) tremble with fear
• 深得民心 to win the hearts of the people; to be popular among the masses
• 恨不得 wishing one could do something; to hate to be unable; itching to do something
• 安闲自得(安閑自得) feeling comfortably at ease
• 得意洋洋 joyfully satisfied; to be immensely proud of oneself; proudly; an air of complacency
• 不得而知 unknown; unable to find out
• 用得着(用得著) to be able to use; useable; to have a use for something; (in interrogative sentence) to be necessary to
• 既得利益 vested interest
• 千军易得，一将难求(千軍易得，一將難求) Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general.
• 打狗还得看主人(打狗還得看主人) when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master
• 得而复失(得而復失) to lose what one has just obtained
• 成败得失(成敗得失) lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom); fig. to weigh up various factors
• 拿得起放得下 can pick it up or put it down; to take what comes; to meet gains or losses with equanimity
• 有所得必有所失 there is no gain without a loss; there is no such thing as a free meal
• 一蹴而得 to get there in one step; easily done; success at a stroke; to get results overnight
• 得力 able; capable; competent; efficient ; to obtain help
• 利得 profit; gain
• 自鸣得意(自鳴得意) to think highly of oneself
• 俄备得(俄備得) Obed (son of Boaz and Ruth)
• 洋洋得意 immensely pleased with oneself; proud; complacent
• 戳得住 up to it; can stand the test
• 所得税(所得稅) income tax
• 习得性(習得性) acquired; learned
• 习得性无助感(習得性無助感) learned helplessness
• 得尔塔(得爾塔) delta
• 记不得(記不得) to not remember
• 逐得 chased and captured
• 不得已而为之(不得已而為之) to have no other choice; to be the last resort
• 得益 to derive benefit
• 用得其所 used properly; used for its intended purpose; to put to good use; to serve its purpose
• 想得美 in your dreams!; as if!; You wish!; I wish that were so
• 要风得风，要雨得雨(要風得風，要雨得雨) to get whatever one wants; to have everything going one's way
• 悠然自得 carefree
• 旗开得胜(旗開得勝) to win a victory on raising the flag; to start on something and have immediate success
• 受得了 to put up with; to endure
• 显得(顯得) to seem; to look; to appear
• 觉得(覺得) to feel ; to think
• 过得去(過得去) can pass through (an opening); can get by (in life); tolerably well; not too bad; How are you getting by?
• 哭得死去活来(哭得死去活來) to cry one's heart out
• 舍得(捨得) to be willing to part with
• 安得猛士兮守四方 Where will I find courageous soldiers to defend the four corners of the land?
• 获得性(獲得性) acquired (i.e. not inborn)
• 彼得潘 Peter Pan, the novel character
• 拾得 to gather up
• 得票率 percentage of votes obtained
• 得令 to follow your orders; roger!; yessir!

Also contained in

欧几里得 、 阿得莱德 、 三得利 、 温得和克 、 所见即所得

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