得 dé
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
得知
dézhī
to learn of, to hear about
Characters in this word
知 zhī
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 矢 — arrow, dart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 得知工厂即将搬迁后，许多员工开始重新规划生活。 Dézhī gōngchǎng jíjiāng bānqiān hòu, xǔduō yuángōng kāishǐ chóngxīn guīhuà shēnghuó. After learning that the factory was about to relocate, many employees began to re-plan their lives.
- 得知好朋友要结婚，我马上打电话祝贺他。 Dézhī hǎo péngyou yào jiéhūn, wǒ mǎshàng dǎ diànhuà zhùhè tā. On learning that my good friend was getting married, I called him at once to congratulate him.
- 她从新闻里得知明天会下雪。 Tā cóng xīnwén lǐ dézhī míngtiān huì xià xuě. She learned from the news that it would snow tomorrow.
Related words
- 得到 dédào to get, to obtain
- 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