的
4 readings · tap one to hear it
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[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
- HSK 3.0
- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 1
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 白 +3
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 的
- Common rank
- #445
- Unicode
- U+7684
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Formation & memory
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Words with 的
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 有的 | (there are) some (who are...); some (exist) | |
| 真的 | really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine; (math.) proper | |
| 别的 | else; other | |
| 天生的一对 | couple who were made for each other | |
| 一语中的 | (idiom) to hit the mark with a comment; to say sth spot on | |
| 加的斯 | Cádiz, Spain | |
| 龙的传人 | Descendants of the Dragon (i.e. Han Chinese) | |
| 波罗的海 | Baltic Sea | |
| 大安的列斯 | see 大安的列斯群島|大安的列斯群岛[Da4 an1 di4 lie4 si1 Qun2 dao3] | |
| 阿的平 | atabrine or quinacrine, used as antimalarial drug and antibiotic against intestinal parasi… | |
| 的里雅斯特 | Trieste, port city in Italy | |
| 亚的斯亚贝巴 | Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia | |
| 家家有本难念的经 | every family has its problems (idiom) | |
| 中的 | to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head | |
| 目的地 | destination (location) | |
| 小的 | (coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family; (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a … | |
| 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 一语破的 | see 一語中的|一语中的[yi1 yu3 zhong4 di4] | |
| 的士高 | (HK) (loanword) disco | |
| 大安的列斯群岛 | the Greater Antilles, Caribbean island group including Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dom… |