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得 (dak1) — be satisfied/complacent in Cantonese

dakˉ¹得
Mandarin Pinyin: de2

Meaning of 得

nounbe satisfied/complacent
nounget; obtain; gain
nounfinished; ready
nounpermit; allow
nounused to express possibility or capability; to indicate the result or degree
nounfit; suit; proper
noun(adverb) 1. Ok, 2. Yes

Example Sentences with 得

當天應該得七歲。
That day, I think I was only seven.
你打字打得很快呀！
You type very fast!
記得買奶吧。
Remember to buy milk.
我唔記得佢叫乜名。
I can't recall his name.
我花呢筆錢唔會覺得肉赤。
I don't feel any pain in spending this amount of money.
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Words Containing 得

多得嗮do1 dak1 saai3
to be grateful to sb or for sth
得嘞dak1 laak3
It'd surely be okay - connoting a sense of impatience, often used by second speaker after listening to repeated exhortation from first speaker
唔得m4 dak1
cannot; not possible | Synon.: 唔可能, 唔可, 唔可以 | Mand.: 不可能, 不可以, 不得 (lit.)
得未呀dak1 mei6 aa3
Is it ready yet? Is it OK yet? See also the positive answer "得嘞" and the negative answer "未得".
得啖笑dak1 daam6 siu3
to gain nothing to very little
不見得bat1 gin3 dak1
not necessarily; not likely | Cant.: 唔見得
牛唔飲水唔撳得牛頭低ngau4 m4 jam2 seoi2 m4 gam6 dak1 ngau4 tau4 dai1
if a cow doesn't want to drink, you can't force its head down
唔怪之得m4 gwaai3 zi1 dak1
variant: 唔怪得之 Mand.: 難怪
要不得jiu3 bat1 dak1
no good; intolerable
及得上kap6 dak1 soeng5
come up to
不得要領bat1 dak1 jiu3/1 ling5
fail to grasp the main points
不得了bat1 dak1 liu5
desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly

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