| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 阿得萊德 | 阿得莱德 | Ā dé lái dé | Adelaide (an Australian city) |
| 艾德西隆得 | ài dé xī lóng dé | Edhellond | |
| 安得拉邦 | Ān dé lā bāng | Andhra Pradesh (state in India) | |
| 巴不得 | bā bù dé | anxious; look forward to; earnestly wish for | |
| 彼得 | Bǐ dé | Peter (name) | |
| 彼得巴甫洛夫斯克 | Bǐ dé bā fǔ luò fū sī kè | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky | |
| 彼得後書 | 彼得后书 | Bǐ dé hòu shū | 2 Peter |
| 彼得羅維奇 | 彼得罗维奇 | Bǐ dé luó wéi qí | Petrovich (name) |
| 彼得羅扎沃茨克 | 彼得罗扎沃茨克 | Bǐ dé luó zhā wò cí kè | Petrozavodsk |
| 彼得前書 | 彼得前书 | Bǐ dé qián shū | 1 Peter |
| 彼得一世 | Bǐ dé yī shì | Peter I of Bulgaria | |
| 必得 | bì děi | must; have to | |
| 變得 | 变得 | biàn de | become; change into |
| 博得 | bó dé | win; gain | |
| 不當得利 | 不当得利 | bù dāng dé lì | unjust enrichment |
| 不得 | bù dé | must not; may not; not be allowed; cannot | |
| 不得不 | bù dé bù | have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid | |
| 不得而知 | bù dé ér zhī | unknown; unable to find out | |
| 不得勁 | 不得劲 | bù dé jìn | awkward; unhandy; be indisposed; not feel well |
| 不得了 | bù dé liǎo | desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly | |
| 不得人心 | bù dé rén xīn | not enjoy popular support; be unpopular | |
| 不得要領 | 不得要领 | bù dé yào lǐng | fail to grasp the main points |
| 不得已 | bù dé yǐ | act against one's will; have no alternative but to; have to; to have no choice; must | |
| 不見得 | 不见得 | bù jiàn de | not necessarily; not likely |
| 不可多得 | bù kě duō dé | hard to come by; rare | |
| 不入虎穴焉得虎子 | bù rù hǔ xué yān dé hǔ zǐ | how can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair; nothing venture; nothing to gain or have | |
| 不由得 | bù yóu dé | can't help; cannot but | |
| 不值得 | bù zhí de | unworthy | |
| 差得多 | chà dé duō | fall short by a large amount | |
| 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 | |
| 懂得 | dǒng de | to understand; to know; to comprehend | |
| 對得起 | 对得起 | duì de qǐ | not let sb. down; treat sb. fairly; be worthy of |
| 多勞多得 | 多劳多得 | duō láo duō dé | work more and get more |
| 奪得 | 夺得 | duó dé | (v) force one's way; achieve by force |
| 俄備得 | 俄备得 | É bèi dé | Obed (son of Boaz and Ruth) |
| 犯得著 | 犯得着 | fàn de zháo | worthwhile |
| 佛得角 | fó dé jiǎo | Cape Verde | |
| 弗裡得裡希 | 弗里得里希 | Fú lǐ dé lǐ xī | Friedrich (name) |
| 顧不得 | 顾不得 | gù bu de | (v) unable to take care of or change |
| 怪不得 | guài bu de | no wonder | |
| 恨不得 | hèn bu de | one would if one could; itch to | |
| 獲得 | 获得 | huò dé | to obtain; to receive; to get |
| 獲得勝利 | 获得胜利 | huò dé shēng lì | to win |
| 獲得性閱讀障礙 | 获得性阅读障碍 | huò dé xìng yuè dú zhàng ài | acquired dyslexia |
| 記得 | 记得 | jì de | to remember |
| 家得寶 | 家得宝 | Jiā dé bǎo | Home Depot |
| 見不得 | 见不得 | jiàn bu dé | may not be seen by or exposed to |
| 經得起 | 经得起 | jīng de qǐ | (vi) withstand |
| 覺得 | 觉得 | jué de | to think; to feel |
| 看得見 | 看得见 | kàn dé jiàn | visible |
| 可得到 | kě dé dào | available | |
| 喀琅施塔得 | Kè láng shī tǎ dé | Kronstadt | |
| 來得及 | 来得及 | lái de jí | there's still time; be able to do sth. in time |
| 懶得 | 懒得 | lǎn dé | (v) be disinclined to; not feel like |
| 利得稅 | 利得税 | lì dé shuì | profit tax |
| 利雅得 | lì yǎ dé | Riyadh (capital of Saudi Arabia) | |
| 隆得戴爾 | 隆得戴尔 | Lóng dé Dài ěr | Lond Daer Enedh |
| 路得 | Lù dé | Ruth (mother of Obed) | |
| 路得記 | 路得记 | lù dé jì | Book of Ruth |
| 羅得島 | 罗得岛 | Luó dé dǎo | Rhode Island |
| 落得 | luò de | (v) end up in; result in | |
| 蒙得維的亞 | 蒙得维的亚 | méng dé wéi dì yà | Montevideo (capital of Uruguay) |
| 免得 | miǎn de | so as not to; so as to avoid | |
| 難得 | 难得 | nán dé | seldom; rare; hard to come by |
| 迫不得已 | pò bù dé yǐ | have no choice; compelled | |
| 求得 | qiú dé | (v) ask for and receive; (v) try to obtain; (v) look for and obtain | |
| 取得 | qǔ dé | to acquire; to get; to obtain | |
| 取得大學學位 | 取得大学学位 | qǔ dé dà xué xué wèi | to obtain a university education |
| 認得 | 认得 | rèn de | know; recognize |
| 捨不得 | 舍不得 | shě bu de | (adv) hate to do; (v) hate to part with |
| 捨得 | 舍得 | shě de | to be willing to part with (sth) |
| 省得 | shěng de | (so as to) save | |
| 聖彼得堡 | 圣彼得堡 | Shèng Bǐ dé bǎo | Saint Petersburg (city in Russia) |
| 使得 | shǐ de | usable; workable; feasible; doable; to make; to cause | |
| 史瓦茲旭爾得度規 | 史瓦兹旭尔得度规 | Shǐ wǎ zī xù ěr dé dù guī | Schwarzschild metric |
| 算不得 | suàn bù dé | not count as | |
| 所得 | suǒ dé | (n) that which one acquires; one's gains | |
| 所得稅 | 所得税 | suǒ dé shuì | (n) tax on one's gains; income tax |
| 談得來 | 谈得来 | tán dé lái | able to talk to or get on with; get along with |
| 天曉得 | 天晓得 | tiān xiǎo de | Heaven knows! |
| 聽得見 | 听得见 | tīng dé jiàn | audible |
| 廷得耳效應 | 廷得耳效应 | Tíng dé ěr xiào yìng | Tyndall effect |
| 完全懂得 | wán quán dǒng de | to understand completely | |
| 溫得和克 | 温得和克 | wēn dé hé kè | Windhoek (capital of Namibia) |
| 嚇得發抖 | 吓得发抖 | xià dé fā dǒu | tremble with fear |
| 顯得 | 显得 | xiǎn de | appear (to be); seem |
| 曉得 | 晓得 | xiǎo de | to know |
| 心得 | xīn dé | knowledge gained | |
| 軒軒自得 | 轩轩自得 | xuān xuān zì dé | to be delighted with oneself |
| 雅溫得 | 雅温得 | Yǎ wēn dé | Yaoundé (capital city of Cameroon) |
| 亞得里亞海 | 亚得里亚海 | Yà dé lǐ yà hǎi | Adriatic sea |
| 要得 | yào dé | good; fine | |
| 一舉兩得 | 一举两得 | yī jǔ liǎng de | kill two birds with one stone |
| 易取得 | yì qǔ dé | accessible | |
| 應得 | 应得 | yīng dé | deserve |
| 贏得 | 赢得 | yíng dé | win; gain |
| 乍得 | zhà dé | Chad | |
| 乍得湖 | Zhà dé Hú | Lake Chad | |
| 值得 | zhí de | to be worth; to deserve | |
| 值得慶幸 | 值得庆幸 | zhí de qìng xìng | auspicious; worth celebrating; worthy of congratulations |
| 值得注意 | zhí de zhù yì | notable; noteworthy; merit attention | |
| 值得注意的是 | zhí de zhù yì de shì | it's worth noting that... | |
| 只得 | zhǐ dé | have no alternative but to; be obliged to | |
| 賺得 | 赚得 | zhuàn dé | earn |
| 總得 | 总得 | zǒng děi | must; have to; be bound to |
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