得 de
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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). -
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) -
děi
adverb
must; ought to
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (ABC 'děi' 得 aux; NCCED děi '得' 2) -
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) -
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). -
dé
foreign
de
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Foreign Language
Notes: Used to transliterate foreign names -
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). -
dé
verb
to result in
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'dé' 得 v 2; NCCED dé '得' 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) -
dé
verb
to be satisfied
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (ABC 'dé' 得 v 4; NCCED dé '得' 5) -
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) -
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) -
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). -
děi
adjective
satisfying
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (NCCED děi '得' 4) -
dé
verb
to contract
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Health
Notes: a disease (NCCED dé '得' 2) -
dé
particle
marks permission or possibility
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (NCCED dé '得' 3) -
dé
particle
expressing frustration
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Spoken Language
Notes: (NCCED dé '得' 8) -
dé
verb
to hear
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: To obtain information by hearing it (Kroll 2015 '得' 1a) -
dé
verb
to have; there is
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '得' 4) -
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
- 得法 (doing sth) in the right way; suitable; properly
- 支付得起 to be able to pay; affordable
- 引得 index
- 彼得潘 Peter Pan, the novel character
- 省得 to avoid; so as to save ; to understand
- 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
- 得便宜卖乖(得便宜賣乖) to have benefited from something but pretend otherwise
- 抵得 to undertake; to act as
- 怡然自得 happy and content
- 得空 to have leisure time
- 夺得(奪得) to achieve by force; to seize
- 不得了 extremely; exceedingly
- 自得 to be self satisfied ; to obtain for oneself
- 进退不得(進退不得) can't advance or retreat; no room for maneuver; stalled; in a dilemma
- 得数(得數) numerical answer; solution
- 得宜 proper; appropriate; suitable
- 得了 to be finished ; expressing doubt ; that wil do; enough! ; expressing shock or surprise
- 躲得过初一,躲不过十五(躲得過初一,躲不過十五) you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out; you can't put it off forever
- 鼠得克 difenacoum (anticoagulant and rodenticide)
- 禁得 to be able to support
- 不得已则斗(不得已則鬥) no choice other than to fight
- 得病 to become ill; to contract a disease
- 免不得 unavoidable; bound to (happen)
- 玩儿得转(玩兒得轉) can handle it; up to the task
- 安得 how can it be?
- 赶得上(趕得上) to be able to catch; to be in time for
- 心安理得 to have a clear conscience; to have no qualms about sth
- 近水楼台先得月(近水樓臺先得月) the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first
- 吃得苦中苦,方为人上人(吃得苦中苦,方為人上人) one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations
- 迫不得已 to have no alternative; compelled by circumstances; forced into
- 热得快(熱得快) immersion heater; electric heater for liquid
- 了得 exceptional; outstanding; dreadful; appalling
- 不晓得(不曉得) do not know
- 过得(過得) How are you getting by?; How's life?; contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by; tolerably well
- 路得 Ruth (name) / Luther
- 放得下 to be able to accomodate; be able to let go
- 利得税(利得稅) profit tax
- 赚得(賺得) to earn
- 得寸进尺(得寸進尺) win an inch, want a foot; not satisfied with small gains; give him an inch, and he'll want a mile
- 征得 to obtain (permission etc)
- 得体(得體) appropriate to the occasion; fitting
- 优劣得所(優劣得所) progressively less able officers will be asisgned to their proper place
- 记不得(記不得) to not remember
- 舍不得(捨不得) to hate to do something; to begrudge
- 求之不得 to seek something but not obtain it
- 来得容易,去得快(來得容易,去得快) Easy come, easy go.
Also contained in
得荣 、 得克萨斯州 、 佳得乐 、 四向四得 、 持戒者如闇遇明贫人得宝
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 91
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 87
- 卷五十二 志第四: 曆一 Volume 52 Treatises 5: Calendar 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 82
- 卷17 志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 79
- 第三 律曆下 曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 77
- 卷二十一 律曆志 Volume 21: Treatise on Rhythm and the Calendar Book of Han 漢書 — count: 76
- 卷二十八上 志第十八上 曆四上 Volume 28a Treatises 20: Calendar 4a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 69
- 卷三十三 志第九 曆三 Volume 33 Treatises 9: Calendar 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 69
- 卷九十四上 匈奴傳 Volume 94a: Traditions of the Xiongnu 1 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 60
- 卷四百〇九 列傳第一百六十八 高定子 高斯得 張忠恕 唐璘 Volume 409 Biographies 168: Gao Dingzi, Gao Side, Zhang Zhongshu, Tang Lin History of Song 宋史 — count: 59