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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *地* | 地* | *地
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *德* | 德* | *德
variant of
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *底* | 底* | *底
(equivalent to as possessive particle)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *德* | 德* | *德
Germany / German / abbr. for 德國|德国
Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), French novelist and short story writer
dance for two / pas de deux
De'ang (ethnic group)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
Rio de Janeiro
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), Spanish novelist, poet and playwright, author of Don Quixote 堂吉訶德|堂吉诃德
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘚* | 嘚* | *嘚
(onom.) for the sound of horsehoofs
(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
René Descartes (1596-1650), French philosopher and author of Discours de la méthode 方法論|方法论
De'an county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
Van de Graaff (name) / Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901-1967), American physicist
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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *徳* | 徳* | *徳
Japanese variant of
Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665), French mathematician
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *淂* | 淂* | *淂
(river) / old variant of
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㥁* | 㥁* | *㥁
variant of
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
(Dominique) de Villepin (French name)
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
The Second Sex (book by Simone de Beauvoir)
de-Sinicization and rejection of Han culture
Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665), French mathematician
Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
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)
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 generator
Van de Graaff generator
Portuguese-style egg tart (pastel de nata)


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