| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 得 | dé | obtain; get; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished | |
| 得病 | dé bìng | to fall ill; to contract a disease | |
| 得不償失 | 得不偿失 | dé bù cháng shī | (saying) the gains do not make up for the losses |
| 得不到 | dé bù dào | cannot get; cannot obtain | |
| 得逞 | dé chěng | prevail; succeed | |
| 得出 | dé chū | obtain (results); arrive at (a conclusion) | |
| 得寸進尺 | 得寸进尺 | dé cùn jìn chǐ | literal: get an inch, want a foot; figurative: given an inch, want a mile |
| 得當 | 得当 | dé dāng | expedient |
| 得到 | dé dào | to get; to obtain; to receive | |
| 得分 | dé fēn | to score | |
| 得克薩斯 | 得克萨斯 | Dé kè sà sī | Texas (US state) |
| 得克薩斯州 | 得克萨斯州 | Dé kè sà sī zhōu | Texas |
| 得了 | dé le | be finished; be ready; all right; that's enough | |
| 得力 | dé lì | (adj) able; competent | |
| 得梅因 | Dé méi yīn | Des Moines (Iowa) | |
| 得票 | dé piào | vote-getting | |
| 得票率 | dé piào lǜ | percentage of votes obtained | |
| 得榮 | 得荣 | Dé róng | (N) Derong (place in Sichuan) |
| 得勝 | 得胜 | dé shèng | (vi) conquer |
| 得宜 | dé yí | proper; appropriate; suitable | |
| 得以 | dé yǐ | (conj) so that one can... | |
| 得意 | dé yì | (be) proud of oneself; pleased with oneself; complacent | |
| 得知 | dé zhī | (find out and) know; learn of | |
| 得罪 | dé zuì | (v) say something that offends sb; have a faux pas | |
| 得 | de | a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility | |
| 得很 | de hěn | very (much, good etc.) | |
| 得 | děi | to have to; must; ought to; to need to |
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