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Traditional form

的 de

Contains the radical

白 Bái

Part of speech

Structural particle "的 de " / 结构助词的 Jiégòu zhùcí de

Positional decomposition

⿰白勺

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 白 Bái represents the meaning and 勺 sháo represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "bright white", which is unrelated to the modern meaning.

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对于 duìyú 这 zhè 种 zhǒng 大 dà 小 xiǎo 的 de 车子 chē zi 来说,这 zhè 刹车 shāchē 要 yāo 算 suàn 很 hěn 好 hǎo 了 le .

For a car of this size the lock is excellent.

把 bǎ 这 zhè 幅 fú 画 huà 挂 guà 在 zài 便于 biànyú 它 tā 显示 xiǎnshì 较 jiào 好 hǎo 效果 xiàoguǒ 的 de 地方 dìfāng .

Hang the picture somewhere where it will show up to advantage.

在 zài 贝尔法斯特 Bèi ěr fǎ sī tè 校园 xiào yuán 的 de 学生 xuésheng 可以 kěyǐ 使用 shǐyòng 极 jí 好 hǎo 的 de 体育 tǐyù 设施 shèshī .

Students at the Belfast campus have access to excellent sports facilities.

我 wǒ 们 men 期望 qīwàng 作家 zuòjiā 们 men 写 xiě 出 chū 更 gēng 多 duō 更 gēng 好 hǎo 的 de 作品 zuòpǐn .

We expect writers to produce more and better works.

把 bǎ 好 hǎo 的 de 苹果 píngguǒ 挑出来,把 bǎ 坏 huài 的 de 剔 tī 出 chū 去 qù .

Choose the good apples and reject the bad ones.

Explore 20 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 的 de in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
的 de	[possessive particle]	的 de
是的 shì de	yes, that's right	是的 shì de
他妈的 tā mā de	fucking	他媽的
有的 yǒu de	some (exist)	有的 yǒu de
的确 díquè	really	的確
目的 mùdì	purpose	目的 mùdì
别的 bié de	else	別的
似的 shìde	seems as if	似的 shìde
什么的 shén me de	and so on	什麼的
的话 de huà	if (coming after a conditional clause)	的話
打的 dǎ dī	to go by taxi	打的 dǎ dī
面的 miàn dī	minivan taxi	麵的
目的地 mù dì dì	destination (location)	目的地 mù dì dì
有的是 yǒu de shì	have plenty of	有的是 yǒu de shì
的士 dī shì	taxi (loanword)	的士 dī shì
有的时候 yǒu de shí hòu	sometimes	有的時候
巴尔的摩 Bā ěr dì mó	Baltimore (place name, surname etc)	巴爾的摩
总的来说 zǒng de lái shuō	to sum up	總的來說
好样的 hǎo yàng de	(idiom) a good person, used to praise sb's moral integrity or courage	好樣的
真是的 zhēn shi de	Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration)	真是的 zhēn shi de