的 (de / dì) means Of (aim - the). Below are 24 of the 428 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
From the graded readers
我很爱我 的 家。
wǒ hěn ài wǒ de(possessive) jiā.
I love my family very much.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family
我 的 老师姓王。
wǒ de(possessive) lǎoshī xìng wáng.
My teacher's surname is Wang.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Learning Chinese
事情是这样 的 。
shìqing shì zhèyàng de / dì.
It happened like this.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
信是奶奶寄来 的 。
xìn shì nǎinai jì lái de / dì.
It was from my grandmother.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother
它睡在我 的 椅子上。
tā shuì zài wǒ de(possessive) yǐ zǐ shàng.
He sleeps on my chair.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat
我很喜欢我 的 新衣服。
wǒ hěn xǐhuan wǒ de(possessive) xīn yīfu.
I really like my new clothes.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
From the travel phrasebook
明天上午 的 。
Míngtiān shàngwǔ de.
For tomorrow morning.
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
From the grammar library
我是昨天来 的 。
Wǒ shì zuótiān lái de.
It was yesterday that I came.
Grammar library · HSK 4 · 是…的 — emphasising the details
老师 的 名字很长。
Lǎoshī de míngzi hěn cháng.
The teacher's name is long.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 的 for possession and description
我是坐飞机来 的 。
Wǒ shì zuò fēijī lái de.
I came by plane.
Grammar library · HSK 4 · 是…的 — emphasising the details
的 appears in 428 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 的
How is 的 used in a sentence?
This page shows 428 sentences using 的 (de / dì, "Of (aim - the)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 的 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 的 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 的 an HSK word?
Yes — 的 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 的?
The dictionary page for 的 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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