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得
dé
1. to obtain
2. to get
3. to gain
4. to catch (a disease)
5. proper
6. suitable
7. proud
8. contented
9. to allow
10. to permit
11. ready
12. finished
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

得
dé
to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
HSK 2 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

不得
bùdé
must not
乍得
Zhàdé
Chad
了得
liǎode
exceptional
使得
shǐde
usable
来得
láide
to emerge (from a comparison)
值得
zhíde
to be worth
HSK 4
免得
miǎnde
so as not to
HSK 6
利得
lìdé
profit
博得
bódé
to win
去得
qùde
can go
取得
qǔdé
to acquire
只得
zhǐdé
to have no alternative but to
夺得
duódé
to force one's way
害得
hàide
to cause or lead to sth bad
引得
yǐndé
index (loanword)
彼得
Bǐdé
Peter (name)
征得
zhēngdé
to seek approval
得中
dézhòng
to succeed in an imperial examination
得主
dézhǔ
recipient (of an award)
得了
déle
all right!

Alternate Entries

得
de
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
HSK 4
得
děi
to have to / must / ought to / to need to
HSK 4

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
38
Word Frequency Rank
39 of 84,292