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得
děi
1. to have to
2. must
3. ought to
4. to need to
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 (2)

得亏
děikuī
luckily
得要
děiyào
to need

Example Sentences (1)

有些问题看上去很难，但是做起来非常简单，所以得试着做做。
Yǒuxiē wèntí kàn shàngqù hěn nán, dànshì zuò qǐlái fēicháng jiǎndān, suǒyǐ děi shìzhe zuòzuo.
Some problems look difficult, but are very easy to do, so you should try doing them.
Text 4

Alternate Entries

得
dé
to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished
HSK 4
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

Metadata

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