的
dedìdídī HSK1

[possessive]

的 de frequency
[possessive/attributive] particle
Connects a describing word or phrase to the noun it describes; also used to indicate a possessive relationship.

为什么什么东西都是你的？

wèi​shén​me shén​me dōng​xi dōu shì nǐ de?

Why is everything yours?

[nominalizer] particle
Turns a word or phrase into a noun-like thing, meaning "the one that..." or "the kind that...".

他们说的是真的。

tā​men shuō de shì zhēn​de.

What they say is true.

[focus] particle
Used in the 是...的 shì... de construction to emphasize the time, place, manner, or agent of a past action

他是怎么上去的？

tā shì zěn​me shàng qu de?

How did he get up there?

我是来带你出去的。

wǒ shì lái dài nǐ chū qu de.

I'm here to get you out.

[assertion] particle
Used at the end of a sentence to express certainty, confirm a fact, or indicate a completed state

告诉我，我是对的。

gào​sù wǒ, wǒ shì duì de.

Tell me I'm right.

and so on particle
Used after a series of parallel words or phrases to indicate "and so on" or "etc."
times
Used between numbers to indicate multiplication or addition when expressing dimensions or sums
的 dì
target noun
(bound form) target; bull's-eye
surname
A Chinese surname
的 dí
really adverb
(bound form) really; truly; indeed
的 dī
taxi
(bound form) taxi; cab

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Frequency
Character
Written text
1st most common 40943.3 per million
Movie subtitles
2nd most common 37618.2 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
50155.1 per million appears in 100% of films
Written text
50104.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+7684

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