Definitions
(particle)
structural particle used after verb; adjective to indicate effect, degree or possibility
(verb)
must; have to; need to
(verb)
to obtain; to get; to gain
About
The character "得" is structurally composed of the radical 彳, indicating movement or action, and the component 㝵 on the right, which combines 旦 and 寸, with 寸 conveying hand-related activity, aligning with its early sense of obtaining or acquiring through direct effort. Its primary meaning historically centered on concrete acquisition, but over time it extended to abstract attainment, such as achieving a state or condition. This semantic expansion led to its grammaticalization, where it began to denote possibility or serve as a resultative complement when attached to verbs, thereby integrating into various syntactic constructions while retaining its foundational association with attainment.
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我得到了礼物。
你跑得很快。
他高兴得跳了起来。
这菜做得很好吃。
我得去上班了。
这个消息让他激动得说不出话。
这些钱够不够用得看你怎么花。
他把自己描述得好像什么都懂似的。