得 dé
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
得体
détǐ
appropriate; decent; proper
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Example phrases
- 在正式场合表达反对意见，语气既要坚定，也要得体。 Zài zhèngshì chǎnghé biǎodá fǎnduì yìjiàn, yǔqì jì yào jiāndìng, yě yào détǐ. When expressing opposition on formal occasions, one's tone should be both firm and appropriate.
- 她穿得很得体，在面试中给人留下了好印象。 Tā chuān de hěn détǐ, zài miànshì zhōng gěi rén liú xià le hǎo yìnxiàng. She was dressed appropriately and made a good impression at the interview.
- 他说话总是很得体，从不让别人难堪。 Tā shuōhuà zǒngshì hěn détǐ, cóng bù ràng biérén nánkān. He always speaks properly and never embarrasses others.
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