得

Meaningdé(particle, verb)

to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished

Examples

• 她得了第一名。

  tā dé le dì yī míng.

  She won first place.

• 他得了感冒，在家休息。

  tā dé le gǎn mào, zài jiā xiū xi.

  He caught a cold and is resting at home.

• 二加三得五。

  èr jiā sān dé wǔ.

  Two plus three equals five.

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Meaningde(particle, verb)

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

Examples

• 他跑得很快。

  tā pǎo dé hěn kuài.

  He runs very fast.

• 你汉语说得真好。

  nǐ hàn yǔ shuō dé zhēn hǎo.

  You speak Chinese really well.

• 我累得不想动。

  wǒ lèi dé bù xiǎng dòng.

  I'm so tired I don't want to move.

Easily confused

• 地 — 的 before nouns; 地 before verbs (认真地学); 得 after verbs before a complement (学得很好). All read de.

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Meaningděi(particle, verb)

to have to; must; ought to; to need to

Colloquial; the negative is 不用, not 不得.

Examples

• 太晚了，我得走了。

  tài wǎn le, wǒ dé zǒu le.

  It's late, I have to go.

• 明天你得早点儿起床。

  míng tiān nǐ dé zǎo diǎn ér qǐ chuáng.

  You have to get up early tomorrow.

• 这件事得问经理。

  zhè jiàn shì dé wèn jīng lǐ.

  We have to ask the manager about this.

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