得 dé
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
得到
dédào
to get, to obtain
Characters in this word
到 dào
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 至 reach, arrive 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我想得到这本书。 Wǒ xiǎng dédào zhè běn shū. I want to get this book.
- 他得到了新电脑。 Tā dédào le xīn diànnǎo. He got a new computer.
- 我得到了很多书。 Wǒ dédào le hěn duō shū. I got lots of books.
- 你是怎么得到机票的？ Nǐ shì zěnme dédào jīpiào de? How did you get the plane ticket?
- 我没有得到回答。 Wǒ méiyǒu dédào huídá. I didn't get an answer.
- 爸爸今天得到了新车。 Bàba jīntiān dédàole xīn chē. Dad got a new car today.
- 你得到工作了吗？ Nǐ dédào gōngzuò le ma? Did you get the job?
- 妈妈没得到王明的电话。 Māma méi dédào Wáng Míng de diànhuà. Mom didn't get Wang Ming's phone number.
- 李月想得到什么？ Lǐ Yuè xiǎng dédào shénme? What does Li Yue want to get?
- 大学生得到了很多知识。 Dàxuéshēng dédàole hěn duō zhīshi. The university students have gained a lot of knowledge.
Related words
- 记得 jìde to remember
- 觉得 juéde to think, to feel
- 得 dé to get; to receive
- 得出 déchū to reach a conclusion
- 得 de so; to the extent (after a verb)
- 懂得 dǒngde to understand; to know about
- 取得 qǔdé to achieve; to obtain
- 不得不 bùdébù to have to
- 得分 défēn to score points
- 认得 rènde to recognize
- 显得 xiǎnde to seem; to look
- 值得 zhíde worth