得
dedéděidè HSK1

obtain

得 de frequency
[degree/result] particle
Connects a verb or adjective to a following phrase that describes the degree, effect, or result of the action or state.

我已经等得足够久了。

wǒ yǐ​jing děng de zú​gòu jiǔ le.

I've waited long enough already.

试试表现得像个家长。

shì shi biǎo​xiàn de xiàng ge jiā​zhǎng.

Try acting like a parent.

[potential] particle
Used between a verb and its result to show that the result is possible, as in 看得见 kàn​de​jiàn meaning "able to see"

我听得懂你在说什么！

wǒ tīng de dǒng nǐ zài shuō shén​me!

I can understand what you're saying!

桥很宽，卡车过得去。

qiáo hěn kuān, kǎ​chē guò de qù.

The bridge is wide enough for trucks to pass.

得 dé
to get verb
to obtain; to receive; to gain

看看我得到了什么。

kàn​kan wǒ dé dào le shén​me.

Look at what I got.

他不配得到你的信任。

tā bù pèi dé dào nǐ de xìn​rèn.

He doesn't deserve your trust.

to permit auxiliaryverb
to allow; to permit; to be able to
to catch verb
to contract or suffer from (an illness or misfortune)

我已经二十年没得感冒了。

wǒ yǐ​jing èr​shí nián méi dé gǎn​mào le.

I haven't had a cold for 20 years.

我父亲得了癌症。

wǒ fù​qīn dé le ái​zhèng.

My father has cancer.

to result in verb
to equal; to result in a value (in arithmetic or calculation)
to be satisfied verbadjective
to be content; to feel proud or self-satisfied
proper adjective
suitable; proper; appropriate
[okay] verb
used to express agreement, or to signal that one should stop what they are saying or doing
[unfortunate outcome] verb
used to express resignation or frustration when something goes wrong
finished
ready; completed; finished
surname
a Chinese surname
得 děi
must auxiliary
to have to; should; ought to; to need to

你想挣钱就得先花钱。

nǐ xiǎng zhèng qián jiù děi xiān huā qián.

You've got to spend money to make money.

will likely
to be bound to; to be certain to
得 dè
(bound form) frivolous
(bound form) used in 得瑟 dè​se to describe acting smug or showing off in a frivolous way

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Frequency
Character
Written text
39th most common 3259.3 per million
Movie subtitles
38th most common 4441.7 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3135.6 per million appears in 100% of films
Written text
1190.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+5F97

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)