得 dé
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
得当
dédàng
appropriate; proper
Characters in this word
当 dāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- ⺌ — small
- Made of
- ⺌ small 彐 snout
Example phrases
- 危机中的措辞是否得当，往往会影响公众对机构的信任。 Wēijī zhōng de cuòcí shìfǒu dédàng, wǎngwǎng huì yǐngxiǎng gōngzhòng duì jīgòu de xìnrèn. Whether the wording used during a crisis is appropriate often affects public trust in an institution.
- 他处理这件事的方法很得当，没有伤害任何人。 Tā chǔlǐ zhè jiàn shì de fāngfǎ hěn dédàng, méiyǒu shānghài rènhé rén. His way of handling this matter was very appropriate and hurt no one.
- 用词得当，文章才会清楚好懂。 Yòng cí dédàng, wénzhāng cái huì qīngchu hǎo dǒng. Only with well-chosen words will an essay be clear and easy to understand.
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