MEANING/意义
    的
      
  • de
      
    sound for pinyin
      
      
    of; possessive or modifying particle; structural particle: used before a noun; linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive; a particle (of) 
    Type auxiliary/助动词; particle/小品词  
        
EXAMPLES/列句
  • ...的时候
      
      
    ...de shí hou
      
    sound for pinyin
    when...; at the time when...

  • 真的吗?
      
      
    zhēn de ma
      
    sound for pinyin
    Really? Is it true?
COMBINATIONS/组合
  • 的哥
      
    dī gē
      
    sound for pinyin
    (young male)  taxi driver

  • 的确
      
    dí què
      
    sound for pinyin
    indeed; really

  • 的士
      
    dī shì
      
    sound for pinyin
    taxi (loanword, originally Hong Kong usage) 

  • 的话
      
    de huà
      
    sound for pinyin
    if…; particle used after a condition clause

  • 的确
      
    dí què
      
    sound for pinyin
    indeed; certainly

  • 的当
      
    dí dàng
      
    sound for pinyin
    accurate; suitable (not used often) 

  • 别的
      
    bié de
      
    sound for pinyin
    else; other

  • 目的
      
    mù dì
      
    sound for pinyin
    aim; goal; target; purpose; objective
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