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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"  
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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."
  
 
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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 很 好。Nǐ shuō de hěn hǎo.You speak very well.
  • 他 做 很 不 好。Tā zuò de hěn bù hǎo.He did it poorly.
  • 她的 诗 写 还不错。Tā de shī xiě de hái bùcuò.She writes good poems.
  • 这篇 文章 翻译 马马虎虎。Zhè piān wénzhāng fānyì de mǎmǎ hǔhǔ.This essay wasn't translated that well.

See also

Sources and further reading

Books

HSK4