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  *的* | 的* | *的
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
HSK 1
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  *地* | 地* | *地
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
HSK 1
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  *得* | 得* | *得
to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *得* | 得* | *得
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
HSK 2
in fact / in reality / actually / as a matter of fact / de facto / ipso facto
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *非* | 非* | *非
to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must
HSK 4
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  *德* | 德* | *德
virtue / goodness / morality / ethics / kindness / favor / character / kind
HSK 7-9
consummate skill / supreme feat / tour-de-force / stunt
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *仿* | 仿* | *仿
used in 彷彿|仿佛 / (Note: While 仿 is not officially designated as the simplified form of , it serves as the de facto simplification when is pronounced fǎng.)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *德* | 德* | *德
variant of
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *德* | 德* | *德
variant of
HSK 7-9
to join the army / (official title in imperial China) military adviser; aide-de-camp
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *得* | 得* | *得
used in 得瑟
Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), French novelist and short story writer
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  *底* | 底* | *底
(equivalent to as possessive particle)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *德* | 德* | *德
Germany / German / abbr. for 德國|德国
dance for two / pas de deux
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *锝* | 锝* | *锝
technetium (chemistry)
perfumed toilet water / eau de cologne / floral water / hydrosol
aide-de-camp
Tour de France cycle race / abbr. for 環法自行車賽|环法自行车赛
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), Spanish novelist, poet and playwright, author of Don Quixote 堂吉訶德|堂吉诃德
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘚* | 嘚* | *嘚
(onom.) for the sound of horsehoofs
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘚* | 嘚* | *嘚
used in 嘚瑟
The Second Sex (book by Simone de Beauvoir)
(Colonel Muammar) Gaddafi (1942-2011), de facto leader of Libya from 1969-2011
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), French novelist, author of series La comédie humaine
De'an county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970), French general and politician, leader of the Free French during World War II and president of the Republic 1959-1969
to make nuclear-free / to de-nuclearize
refined cream cheese / fig. crème de la crème / nirvana / Buddha nature / Buddhist truth / broth / flawless personal character
De'ang (ethnic group)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *徳* | 徳* | *徳
Japanese variant of
Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665), French mathematician
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *淂* | 淂* | *淂
(river) / old variant of
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㥁* | 㥁* | *㥁
variant of
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㝵* | 㝵* | *㝵
to obtain (old variant of )
Pang De (-219), general of Cao Wei at the start of the Three Kingdoms period, victor over Guan Yu 關羽|关羽 / Pound (name) / Ezra Pound (1885-1972), American poet and translator
blanc de chine (porcelain)
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736-1806), French physicist
nata de coco (a chewy jelly made from fermented coconut water)
Zhu De (1886-1976), communist leader and founder of the People's Liberation Army
Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), Chinese communist leader, de facto leader of PRC 1978-1990 and creator of "socialism with Chinese characteristics"
methodology / Discours de la méthode by René Descartes 笛卡兒|笛卡儿, 1637
La Salle (used in the names of schools etc) / Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651-1719), French priest, founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
La Comédie humaine, series of novels by 19th century French novelist Honoré de Balzac 巴爾扎克|巴尔扎克
cheval de frise (a type of barrier)
De'an county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
Robespierre (name) / Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794), French revolutionary leader, enthusiastic advocate of reign of terror 1791-1794
to de-absorb / to get a chemical out of solution
Rio de Janeiro
(Dominique) de Villepin (French name)
Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
Stade de France
Strait of Calais in the English channel / Strait of Dover / Pas-de-Calais, département of France
common-law marriage; de facto marriage
aide-de-camp
Talleyrand (name) / Prince Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838), French diplomat
de-Sinicization and rejection of Han culture
Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665), French mathematician
de facto marriage; common-law marriage
coco de mer or "sea coconut" (Lodoicea maldivica)
coco de mer or "sea coconut" (Lodoicea maldivica)
wolf trap (trou de loup), medieval defensive trap consisting of a concealed pit with sharp spikes
Tour de France cycle race
Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid)
Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid)
fleur-de-lis (armorial symbol)
René Descartes (1596-1650), French philosopher and author of Discours de la méthode 方法論|方法论
Rojava (de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria)
Fiesta de Saint Fermin, festival held annually in Pamplona, Spain
St Anthony Parish (Macau) / Freguesia de Santo António
(Antoine de) Saint-Exupéry
Parish of Our Lady of Fatima (Macau) / Freguesia de Nossa Senhora de Fátima
Van de Graaff (name) / Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901-1967), American physicist
Van de Graaff generator
Van de Graaff generator
Portuguese-style egg tart (pastel de nata)


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