得

HSK 2#58 by frequencyradical 彳

de["u","v"]

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

dé["u","v"]

to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished

děi["u","v"]

to have to; must; ought to; to need to

dè

used in 得瑟[de4 se5]

Examples

问得好。

Good question!

我得走了。

I have to go now.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.