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

• 值得称赞(值得稱讚) commendable
• 利害得失 advantages and disadvantages gained or lost
• 得色 pleased with oneself
• 深得民心 to win the hearts of the people; to be popular among the masses
• 难得一见(難得一見) rarely seen
• 因祸得福(因禍得福) to profit from a disaster; some good comes out of a setback
• 一蹴而得 to get there in one step; easily done; success at a stroke; to get results overnight
• 既得利益 vested interest
• 利得税(利得稅) profit tax
• 安得 how can it be?
• 相得益彰 to bring out the best in each other
• 资本利得 capital gain
• 优游自得(優遊自得) free and at leisure; unfettered
• 用得其所 used properly; used for its intended purpose; to put to good use; to serve its purpose
• 得很 very
• 抵得 to undertake; to act as
• 谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好(誰笑到最後，誰笑得最好) He laughs best who laughs last.
• 彼得潘 Peter Pan, the novel character
• 显得(顯得) to seem; to look; to appear
• 由不得 cannot help; to be beyond control of
• 既得期间(既得期間) vesting period
• 甜得发腻(甜得發膩) lovey-dovey; cloying; sugary
• 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利(鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利) sandpiper and clam war together and the fisherman catches both
• 有所得必有所失 there is no gain without a loss; there is no such thing as a free meal
• 看得过儿(看得過兒) passable
• 见不得(見不得) not fit to be seen by; should not be exposed to; can't bear to see
• 得意 to get one's wish
• 憋得慌 to be completely exasperated
• 长得(長得) to look (pretty, the same etc)
• 购得(購得) to purchase; to acquire
• 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
• 获得者(獲得者) recipient
• 得意忘形 so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure; beside oneself with joy
• 玩儿得转(玩兒得轉) can handle it; up to the task
• 数得上(數得上) to be considered as outstanding or special; to be reckoned with; notable
• 照得 let it be known
• 经得起(經得起) to be able to withstand
• 吃得了 can eat
• 标得(標得) to win in a bid
• 怡然自得 happy and content
• 草木得常理 herbs and trees are in perpetual rotation
• 逍遥自得(逍遙自得) doing as one pleases; foot-loose and fancy free
• 沉得住气(沉得住氣) to stay calm; to keep one's composure
• 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.
• 舍不得(捨不得) to hate to do something; to begrudge
• 习得性(習得性) acquired; learned
• 师得不劳(師得不勞) avoiding toil for the soldiers

Also contained in

彼得堡 、 阿得莱德 、 欧里庇得斯 、 宾得

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