(de) - complement marker (result/degree) in Mandarin

Traditional: 得

HSK 2

#58 of 2,700Core 1000

Translation

complement marker (result/degree)

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Word origin

得 originally depicted a hand 又 grasping a cowrie shell 贝 (money) on a road 彳, meaning 'to obtain, to get'. As a particle 'de' it marks the complement of result or degree after a verb.

Origin: ideograph
Root: 彳 (step) + 贝 (cowrie/money) + 寸/又 (hand)

Stroke order

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Examples

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He runs very fast.

。

You did very well.

。

She does not speak clearly.

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She sings really beautifully.

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Appears in 11 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 得.

觉得jué deto feel, to think, to find (subjective)得到dé dàoto obtain, to get, to receive 记得jì deto remember, to recall 变得biàn deto become, to turn into 不得不bù dé bùhave to, cannot but, must 值得zhí déto be worth, deserving 获得huò déto obtain, to gain, to win 彼得bǐ déPeter 干得gān dédid (a job), worked 说得对shuō dé duìwell said, you are right 赢得yíng déto win, to gain, to earn

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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 7: 得, 跟, 如果 and 10 more words.