Kilo Lingo

(jué de) - to feel, to think, to find (subjective) in Mandarin

juéde

Traditional: 覺得

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Translation

to feel, to think, to find (subjective)

Word origin

觉得 means to feel or to think. 觉 (jué) means to perceive or wake, traditionally 覺 with 见 'to see' under a phonetic. 得 (de) here is a complement particle; as 得 (dé) it means to obtain, built on the 彳 'step' radical.

Origin
compound
Root
觉 (jué, to perceive) + 得 (de, complement particle)

Stroke order

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Examples

How do you feel about it? / What do you think?

I think this idea is pretty good.

He feels a bit tired.

I feel it is really cold today.

Do you think he is right?

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