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de Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
de | de5
English translation
(equivalent to de as possessive particle)
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dǐ | di3
English translation
background
bottom
base
end (of the month, year etc)
remnants
bottom, underside; below, underneath

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About de

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

de

Contains the radical

广 Guǎng

Part of speech

Location word / 方位词 fāng wèi cí Fāngwèi cí

Learning hint

building

Etymology of de

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

广氐

Semantic compound

广 Guǎng

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 广 Guǎng represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Example sentences using de

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不得不 bùdébù dīng zhāo kān hǎo miǎo , xiǎng zhè 到底 dàodǐ shì 什么 shénme 意思 yìsi .

I had to stare at it for several seconds to figure out what it meant.

zhè xiē 斜坡 xié pō 平面 píngmiàn 到底 dàodǐ 意味着 yìwèizhe 什么 shénme , zhè shì 几何 jǐ hé . ”

The problem is one of geometry, what these slopes and planes mean. "

感到 gǎn dào yòu lěi yòu , 需要 xūyào 彻底 chèdǐ 休息 xiūxi .

She felt very tired and thirsty, so she needed thorough rest.

niàn dào zhè 底下 dǐ xia 停止 tíng zhǐ .

Go down to the bottom of the page and then stop.

沙发 shāfā 内部 nèibù 彻底 chèdǐ 搜寻 sōu xún le fān .

He had a good rummage inside the sofa.

Words with de

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
到底 dàodǐ finally到底 dàodǐ
de bottom de
彻底 chèdǐ thorough徹底
年底 nián dǐ year-end年底 nián dǐ
底下 dǐ xia afterwards底下 dǐ xia
底线 dǐ xiàn to underline底線
心底 xīn dǐ bottom of one's heart心底 xīn dǐ
卧底 wò dǐ a mole臥底
海底 hǎi dǐ seabed海底 hǎi dǐ
打底 dǎ dǐ to make a first sketch打底 dǎ dǐ
底特律 Dǐ tè lǜ Detroit, Michigan底特律 Dǐ tè lǜ
底层 dǐ céng ground or first floor底層
月底 yuè dǐ end of the month月底 yuè dǐ
说到底 shuō dào dǐ in the end說到底
底盘 dǐ pán chassis底盤
歇斯底里 xiē sī dǐ lǐ hysterical歇斯底里 xiē sī dǐ lǐ
底蕴 dǐ yùn inside information底蘊
粉底 fěn dǐ foundation (cosmetics)粉底 fěn dǐ
底部 dǐ bù bottom底部 dǐ bù
脚底 jiǎo dǐ soles of the feet腳底
鞋底 xié dǐ sole (of a shoe)鞋底 xié dǐ
底气 dǐ qì lung capacity底氣
底座 dǐ zuò base底座 dǐ zuò
底片 dǐ piàn negative底片 dǐ piàn

de Decomposition & Compounds

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de Decomposition

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de Compounds

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