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得很

de hěn

2-character word

What 得很 means

1. (after an adjective) very

How 得很 is used in grammar

得很 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Degree Complements: Adj+得很/极了/死了 (HSK 3)

The characters in 得很

• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 很hěnvery; quite…

Example sentences

• 做得很好。
  It's well done.
• 难看得很。
  It's extremely ugly.
• 他性感得很。
  Tāxìng gǎn dehěn.
  He's very sexy.
• 风吹得很猛。
  Fēng chuī dehěn měng.
  It is blowing very hard.
• 我睡得很好。
  I've had a good sleep.
• 他游得很好。
  He swims well.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read de hěn correctly.
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