的

HSK 1#1 by frequencyradical 白

de["u","n"]

of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs

dì

(bound form) bull's-eye; target

dí

really and truly

dī

a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])

Examples

是的。

Yes.

好的。

Okay.

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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.