的depossessive particle
- Theme
- Grammar
- Level
- First words
- Strokes
- 8
- Syllable
- de
How 的 is written
Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.
Examples
这是老师的书。
Zhè shì lǎoshī de shū.
This is the teacher's book.
- 这zhèthis
- 是shìto be
- 老师lǎoshīteacher
- 的depossessive particle
- 书shūbook
我的手机在家。
Wǒ de shǒujī zài jiā.
My phone is at home.
- 我wǒI
- 的depossessive particle
- 手机shǒujīcell phone
- 在zàito be at; in
- 家jiāhome
Not to be confused with
Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.
- 得
- 地
- 白