得
Meanings
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- 1.used in 得瑟[dè se]
- 1.structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
- 1.to have to
- 2.must
- 3.ought to
- 4.to need to
- 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
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Wiktionary
- 1.to get; to obtain; to gain, to acquire
- 2.to contract (disease); to become ill with
- 3.to result in; to produce
- 4.to be ready; finished
- 5.to suit; to fit
- 6.satisfied; contented
- 7.can; may; to be permitted
- 8.to only have; to just have
- 9.interjective particle expressing approval or prohibition; see 得了
- 10.interjective particle expressing frustration or helplessness
- 11.OK; good
- 12.remarkable
- 13.Used after a verb or an adjective and before a degree complement.
- 14.Used after a verb to express possibility or capability.
- 15.Used after a verb to form an adjectival phrase expressing capability.
- 16.to need (something)
- 17.must; to have to
- 18.(almost certainly) will
- 19.nice; satisfying
- 20.placed after a verb with 會 or 𣍐 before the verb to express possibility or ability
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意). The ancient form of 得 is 㝵, composed of 貝 (“cowry”) + 又 (“hand”) — to pick up a cowry > to obtain valuables. A component 彳 was sometimes added to show that the cowry was picked up on the road. In the Qin Bamboo and Slip script: * a horizontal line was added to the 又, which means it is replaced with the related 寸. This is a feature of Qin script, and many characters that used to compound with 又 now compound with 寸. In the Shuowen seal script: * the 貝 corrupts into something resembling 見. However, this should be an error of Shuowen because it can only be only found in Shuowen and not in historical Qin Seal script, Qin Bamboo, and Slip script. In the clerical script: * the 貝 is simplified as 目 (“eye”); such simplification can be seen in its early form in Spring and Autumn and Warring States bronze inscriptions, Chu Bamboo, and Silk script, as well as other characters such as 具. Then it corrupts into 旦 (“dawn”) in later clerical script, and Regular script inherited it. Pulleyblank (1991) relates it to Tibetan ཐུབ (thub, “to be able to; to withstand”).
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Components
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Example sentences
做得很好。
It's well done.
考得如何？
How was your exam?
玩得開心。
Have fun.
說得簡單。
Talk is cheap.
我起得早。
I woke up early.
你得走了。
You have to leave.
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