的 (dik1 | de5 di2 di4) : possessive suffix

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dik1

de5 di2 di4

(1)
[dik1 & de5] [1] possessive; adjectival suffix [2] final particle

(2)
[dik1 & di2] truly; really; indeed

(3)
[dik1 & di4] bull's eye; target

(4)
[dik1] [粵] [1] lift up [2] few; small

的 is the most commonly used character in written Chinese.

(4) nasal-stop alternant 丁 [ding1]

Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 白 (#106)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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This word has been viewed 46199 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 31st Jul 2009 16:50

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他的 taa1 dik1 ta1 de5 = his 國

她的 taa1 dik1 ta1 de5 = her; hers 國

我的 ngo5 dik1 wo3 de5 = my; mine 國

你的 nei5 dik1 ni3 de5 = your; yours 國

我們的 ngo5 mun4 dik1 wo3 men5 de5 = our; ours 國

你們的 nei5 mun4 dik1 ni3 men5 de5 = (plural) your; yours 國

他們的 taa1 mun4 dik1 ta1 men5 de5 = their; theirs 國

她們的 taa1 mun4 dik1 ta1 men5 de5 = their; theirs 國

它們的 taa1 mun4 dik1 ta1 men5 de5 = their; theirs 國

目的 muk6 dik1 mu4 di4 = target; objective; goal
See all 503 compounds (CantoDict reports 534 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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北京的天氣怎麼樣？國
How's the weather in Beijing?

我喜歡你的香水國
I like your perfume

我有雪白的兔子國
I have a snowy white rabbit

王先生是我爸爸的好朋友。國
Mr. Wong is a good friend of my father.

球是圓的國
A ball is round.

晚上你可以看到頭上天空中的星辰國
At night you can see stars in the sky above your head.

八月是一年中的第八個月份國
August is the eighth month of the year.

希望大家過個輕鬆悠閒的聖誕節國
I hope we have a relaxing Christmas.

如果下雪的話，我要堆雪人！國
If it snows I will make a snowman!

我們今年的聖誕樹要買真的還是人造的？國
Shall we get a real Christmas tree or an artificial one?

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 的
Unicode code for this character: U+7684 (off-site link)

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