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 , Subdomain: Health
    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

• 得意 to get one's wish
• 憋得慌 to be completely exasperated
• 敖贝得(敖貝得) Obed (name)
• 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
• 哭笑不得 not to know whether to laugh or cry; both funny and extremely embarrassing
• 取得一致 to reach a consensus
• 信得过(信得過) trustworthy; believable
• 得来速(得來速) drive-thru
• 算不得 not count as
• 吓得发抖(嚇得發抖) tremble with fear
• 得天独厚(得天獨厚) obtain favorable natural conditions by oneself; blessed by heaven; enjoying exceptional advantages; favored by nature
• 来得容易，去得快(來得容易，去得快) Easy come, easy go.
• 罪有应得(罪有應得) guilty and deserves to be punished; entirely appropriate chastisement
• 可得到 available
• 鱼与熊掌不可兼得(魚與熊掌不可兼得) the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); you must choose one or the other; you can't always get everything you want
• 落得 ending up as; leading to; resulting in; in total
• 这还了得(這還了得) How dare you!; This is an outrage!; Absolutely disgraceful!
• 得要 to need; must
• 何以见得(何以見得) how can one be sure?
• 说得过去(說得過去) acceptable; passable; justifiable; (of a course of action) to make sense
• 差得远(差得遠) greatly different
• 刚柔皆得(剛柔皆得) use both strength and weakness to advantage
• 得体(得體) appropriate to the occasion; fitting
• 夺得(奪得) to achieve by force; to seize
• 不得了 extremely; exceedingly
• 相得益彰 to bring out the best in each other
• 禁得起 can be restrained; can be tolerated
• 怪不得 no wonder
• 不得已 have no choice but to
• 靠得住 reliable
• 称得上(稱得上) can be counted as
• 要得 good; fine
• 得亏(得虧) luckily; fortunately
• 相得 to agree with each other ; to match; to get along with each other
• 得志 to succeed ; to accomplish one's ambition; a dream come true; to enjoy success
• 自得 to be self satisfied ; to obtain for oneself
• 得空 to have leisure time
• 优劣得所(優劣得所) progressively less able officers will be asisgned to their proper place
• 使不得 cannot be used; must not
• 使得 to make; to cause ; usable; workable; feasible; doable
• 土得掉渣 rustic; uncouth
• 得胜(得勝) to triumph over an opponent
• 应得(應得) to deserve
• 瘆得慌(瘮得慌) frightening; frightened
• 难得一见(難得一見) rarely seen
• 猜得透 to have sufficient insight to perceive; to suspect that ...

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