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Level
Similar to
- Adjectival complement "de budeliao" (B2)
- Adjectival complement "de hen" (B2)
Similar to
- Adjectival complement "de budeliao" (HSK5)
- Adjectival complement "de hen" (HSK5)
Used for
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In this article, we take a look at how we use 得 (de) to help describe an action. It is one of the characters that often gets confused with 的 and 地， since they could be pronounced as a neutral tone "de"

Structure

Descriptive complements are used to describe the action of a verb. This would be done with an adverb in English.

Verb / Adjective + 得 + Description

Examples

你说得很好。You speak very well.
他做得很不好。He did it poorly.
她的诗写得还不错。She writes good poems.
这篇文章翻译得马马虎虎。This essay wasn't translated that well.

Sources and further reading

Books

Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar (pp. 71-2) →buy
Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 1 (pp. 179-80) →buy
Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (3rd ed) (pp. 172-3, 291) →buy
Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1 (pp. 302-4) →buy
New Practical Chinese Reader 2 (新实用汉语课本2) (pp. 15-6) →buy
Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide (pp. 191) →buy
Boya Chinese Elementary Starter 1 (博雅汉语初经起步篇) (pp. 197) →buy
Practicing HSK Grammar (语法精讲精炼) (pp. 125) →buy
Contemporary Chinese 2 (当代中文2) (pp. 63) →buy
New Practical Chinese Reader 3 (新实用汉语课本3) (pp. 99) →buy

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	In this article, we take a look at how we use 得 (de) to help describe an action. It is one of the characters that often gets confused with 的 and 地， since they could be pronounced as a neutral tone "de"		In this article, we take a look at how we use 得 (de) to help describe an action. It is one of the characters that often gets confused with 的 and 地， since they could be pronounced as a neutral tone "de"