de
的 (de) is a Chinese word meaning “of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)”.
Meanings
- 1of; ~'s (possessive particle)
- 2(used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
- 3(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
- 4(used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one")
- 5also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
- Part of speech
- auxiliary