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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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沈 chén 阳 yáng 哪里 nǎ lǐ 有 yǒu 卖 mài 通化 Tōng huà 东宝 Dōng bǎo 生产 shēngchǎn 的 de 胰岛素 yí dǎo sù ?

Does Shenyang where have the insulin that sells a Hua Dongbao production?

别 Bié 担心 dānxīn , 做 zuò 手术 shǒushù 时 shí 会 huì 让 ràng 你 nǐ 的 de 狗 gǒu 麻醉 mázuì 的 de .

Don't worry. Your dog will be put to sleep for the operation.

老师 lǎoshī 和 hé 他 tā 的 de 学生 xuésheng 们 men 都 dōu 解 Xiè 不 bù 出 chū 那道题 Tí .

Neither the teacher nor his students know how to work out the problem.

他 tā 的 de 行为 xíngwéi 近 jìn 于 Yú 疯狂 fēngkuáng .

His conduct borders on madness.

当 dāng 所有 suǒyǒu 的 de 庄稼 zhuāngjia 都 dōu 安全 ānquán 入仓后 Hòu , 农民 nóngmín 们 men 便 biàn 可以 kěyǐ 休息 xiūxi 了 le .

When all the crops are safely gathered in, the farmers can rest.

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