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得 — to obtain; to get; to gain

to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch; proper; suitable; proud

Pinyin
de · dé · děi · dè
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — de, dé, děi, dè — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 得: 11 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

得 — 11 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a printable practice sheet with 得

Words with 得 in the HSK syllabus: 57

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 觉得juédeto think that ...; to feel that ...; to feelHSK 1
  2. 得deto have to; must; ought to; to need toHSK 2
  3. 记得jìdeto rememberHSK 2
  4. 得déto have to; must; ought to; to need toHSK 3
  5. 得到dédàoto get; to obtain; to receiveHSK 3
  6. 得分défēnto score a point; score; rating; gradeHSK 3
  7. 得děito have to; must; ought to; to need toHSK 3
  8. 懂得dǒngdeto understand; to know; to comprehendHSK 3
  9. 认得rèndeto recognize; to remember sth on seeing it; to knowHSK 3
  10. 不得不bùdébùhave no choice or option but to; cannot but; have toHSK 4
  11. 得意déyìproud of oneself; pleased with oneself; complacentHSK 4
  12. 获得huòdéto obtain; to receive; to getHSK 4
  13. 来得及láidejíto have enough time; can do it in time; can still make itHSK 4
  14. 取得qǔdéto acquire; to get; to obtainHSK 4
  15. 赢得yíngdéto win; to gainHSK 4
  16. 值得zhídéworth the money; to merit; to deserve; to be worthHSK 4
  17. 不得了bùdéliǎodesperately serious; disastrous; extremelyHSK 5
  18. 难得nándéseldom; rare; hard to come byHSK 5
  19. 舍不得shěbudeto hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudgeHSK 5
  20. 舍得shědeto be willing to part with sthHSK 5
  21. 使得shǐdeusable; serviceable; feasible; workable; doableHSK 5
  22. 显得xiǎndeto seem; to look; to appearHSK 5
  23. 不得bùdémust not; may not; not to be allowed; cannotHSK 6
  24. 得了déleall right!; that's enough!HSK 6
  25. 得以déyǐable to; so that sb can; enabling; in order toHSK 6
  26. 得知dézhīto find out; to learn ofHSK 6
  27. 看得起kàndeqǐto show respect for; to think highly ofHSK 6
  28. 只得zhǐdéto have no alternative but to; to be obliged toHSK 6
  29. 巴不得bābudéto be eager for; to long for; to look forward toHSK 7–9
  30. 不见得bújiàndénot necessarily; not likelyHSK 7–9
  31. 不得而知bùdé’érzhīunknown; unable to find outHSK 7–9
  32. 不得已bùdéyǐto act against one's willHSK 7–9
  33. 不由得bùyóudecan't help; cannot butHSK 7–9
  34. 得不偿失débùchángshīthe gains do not make up for the lossesHSK 7–9
  35. 得当dédàngappropriate; suitableHSK 7–9
  36. 得力délìable; capable; competent; efficientHSK 7–9
  37. 得失déshīgains and losses; success and failureHSK 7–9
  38. 得手déshǒuto go smoothly; to come off; to succeedHSK 7–9
  39. 得体détǐappropriate to the occasion; fittingHSK 7–9
  40. 得天独厚détiāndúhòublessed by heaven; enjoying exceptional advantagesHSK 7–9

And 17 more across the higher levels — the full lists are on the level pages.

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.