得 dé
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
得意扬扬
déyìyángyáng
smug; self-satisfied; triumphant
Characters in this word
意 yì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
扬 yáng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 昜 bright, glorious
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他拿着奖状，得意扬扬地走进了教室。 Tā ná zhe jiǎngzhuàng, déyìyángyáng de zǒu jìn le jiàoshì. Holding the certificate, he walked into the classroom looking very pleased with himself.
- 她得意扬扬地告诉大家，自己考了第一名。 Tā déyìyángyáng de gàosu dàjiā, zìjǐ kǎo le dì yī míng. She proudly told everyone she had come first in the exam.
- 小猫抓到老鼠后，得意扬扬地在门口晃来晃去。 Xiǎo māo zhuādào lǎoshǔ hòu, déyìyángyáng de zài ménkǒu huàng lái huàng qù. After catching a mouse, the cat strutted triumphantly back and forth at the door.
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