的 (de) — aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix | Hanzirama

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白 (bái) — white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright

勺 (sháo) — spoon, ladle; unit of volume

Words

的 (de) — of; ~'s (possessive particle)

有的 (yǒu de) — some (exist)

别的 (bié de) — else

的话 (de huà) — if (coming after a conditional clause)

目的 (mù dì) — purpose; aim; goal; target; objective

目的地 (mù dì dì) — destination (location)

的确 (dí què) — really

似的 (shì de) — seems as if

有的放矢 (yǒu dì fàng shǐ) — fig. to have a clear objective

是的 (shì de) — yes, that's right

他妈的 (tā mā de) — (taboo curse) damn it!

真的 (zhēn de) — really; truly; indeed

什么的 (shén me de) — and so on; and so forth; and what not

巴尔的摩 (Bā ěr dì mó) — Baltimore (place name, surname etc)

总的来说 (zǒng de lái shuō) — generally speaking

打的 (dǎ dī) — (coll.) to take a taxi

的士 (dī shì) — taxi (loanword)

面的 (miàn dī) — abbr. of 面包车的士

美的 (Měi dí) — Midea (brand)

众矢之的 (zhòng shǐ zhī dì) — lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom); the butt of public criticism

Similar Looking Characters

昀 (yún) — sunlight; surname

约 (yuē) — treaty, covenant, agreement

钓 (diào) — fishhook; to fish, to lure

劲 (jìn) — strong, tough, unyielding; power, energy

妁 (shuò) — matchmaker, go-between

时 (shí) — time, season; period, era, age

劫 (jié) — to take by force, to coerce; disaster; misfortune

皈 (guī) — to follow, to comply with

酌 (zhuó) — to pour wine, to drink wine; to deliberate, to consider

阞 (lè) — sedimentary layer; mineral vein

Synonyms

之 (zhī) — (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her

Part of speech: particleExample Sentences

我的书 — My book

红色的花 — A red flower

她的猫 — Her cat

这是妈妈做的饭 — This is the food Mom made.

桌子上的杯子是我的 — The cup on the table is mine.