Chinese word dictionary

得很

de hěn · (after an adjective) very

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Word information

Simplified得很

Traditional得很

Pinyinde hěn

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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得dé

to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready

很hěn

very, quite, much

How to learn 得很

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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很hěn

very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)

觉得juéde

to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)

得de

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

记得jìde

to remember

得到dédào

to get; to obtain; to receive

得分défēn

to score a point (in a competition, test etc); score; rating; grade