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Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
de/dì
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
dik1|di1
Short definition of
Usage frequency Very common
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All available English definitions aimCdict iconCantofish icon / clearCdict iconCantofish icon / really and trulyCantofish icon / ofCantofish icon / structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributiveCantofish icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso:
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: aim; clear; of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive; really and truly
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: samecdic
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: (possessive particle); of; really and truly; aim; clear
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: aim; clear'
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我能(wǒnéng)
(cóngcóng) from
布鲁克林(bù lǔ kè lín) Brooklyn Bridge
(dedì) of
房间(fáng jiān) room
看到(kàn dào) to see
曼哈顿(màn hā dùn) Manhattan borough of New York City

From my room in Brooklyn I can see all the way to Manhattan.

(tā) another
(fēi) in-
(cháng) ever
关心(guān xīn) caring
(tā) another
儿子(ér zi) son
(dedì) of
将来(jiāng lái) in the future

He is very much concerned about the future of his son.

你们(nǐ men) you
(zài) (located) at
( nǎ) how
找到(zhǎo dào) to find
我的( de) my
雨伞(yǔ sǎn) umbrella
(dedì) of

Where did you find my umbrella?

(wǒ) I
(fù) father
(qīnqìng) pro-
(dedì) of
母语(mǔ yǔ) native language
(shì) is
法语(fǎ yǔ) French language
(wǒ) I
母亲的( mǔ qīn de) motherly
(shì) is
英语(yīng yǔ) English

My father is a native French speaker and my mother is a native English speaker.

你们(nǐ men) you
(dǎ) from
汤姆(tāng mǔ) Tom (name)
(dedì) of
小报(xiǎo bào) tabloid newspaper
(gào) to accuse
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright
(ma) (question tag)

Did you tell on Tom?

德伦特(dé lún tè) Drenthe
方言(fāng yán) dialect
(shì) is
低地(dī dì) lowland
撒克逊(sā kè xùn) Saxon (people)
地区(dì qū) local
(dedì) of
一个(yī gè) a
方言(fāng yán) dialect
(qún) crowd

Drents is a group of variants of the Low Saxon regional language.

是谁(shìshéi)
允许(yǔn xǔ) to permit
(nǐ) variant of 你, you (female)
(zuò) to do
(zhè) these
(shì) item
(dedì) of

Who gave you the right to do such a thing?

我们有
两张( liǎng zhāng)
(chuáng) couch
(dedì) of
(kòng) sky
位置(wèizhì) seat

We have space for two beds.

汤姆(tāng mǔ) Tom (name)
(dedì) of
(shǒu) hands
(xiàng) such as
(bīng) ice
一样(yī yàng yí yàng) identically

Tom's hands felt like ice.

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