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(gān dé) - did (a job), worked in Mandarin

gān

Traditional: 幹得

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Translation

did (a job), worked

Word origin

A combination of the verb 干 (gàn, to do, to work) and the structural particle 得 (de), which introduces a complement describing how the action was carried out. The simplified 干 covers the traditional 幹.

Origin
compound
Root
干 (gàn, to do) + 得 (de, complement particle)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 干

Stroke order for 得

Examples

You did a great job.

He did this rather well.

Everyone worked hard at it.

You did brilliantly.

They did it both quickly and well.

干得 (gān dé) means did or worked at a task, leading into a comment on how well. It is used before a complement such as 好 to judge performance.

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This word is part of lesson 27.