Zi:得
得 [de] (grammatical function) [dé] get, reach, achieve [děi] should
3 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►³de 得 {A} inf. (used in r.v.) ‖ kàn∼jiàn 看∼见 able to see ◆s.p. (used to link a verb and the manner clause that follows it) ‖ shuō ∼ kuài 说∼快 speak quickly ‖ dà ∼ nábudòng 大∼拿不动 so big that it can't be moved ◆cmp. (potential complement) ‖ Tā hǎo le, xiànzài chī∼ le. 他好了, 现在吃∼了。 He's well again and can eat now.
►děi 得 {A} aux. must ◆v. 〈environment:〉 coll. ①need ‖ Wọ̌ dẹ̌i zǒu le. 我∼走了。 I must go. ②should be
►¹dé 得 {A} v. ①get ②result in ③be fit/proper ④be satisfied ⑤be finished ‖ ∼le, bié shuō le. ∼了, 别说了。 OK! OK! That's enough.
Originally 貝 (bèi) ‘shell, money’ over 寸 (cùn) ‘hand’: to get your hand on some money.
貝 has become reduced to 旦 (dàn) in the modern form, and 彳 (chì) ‘footstep’ has been added, meaning that you have to reach the 貝 money before you can 寸 get it (彳 footstep also means ‘conduct’; compare 德 dé ‘virtue’).
得 děi ‘must, should’ is an extension of the meanings ‘get’ and ‘achieve’, where getting money is regarded as a necessity or an obligation.
►references: Guǎngyùn:529.08; Wieger:45e; Karlgren:AD980,GSR905d; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.828.3; Lindqvist:159; Mathews:6161; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:367.31; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:199.0.05; Wáng(1993):140
►components: 彳㝵旦寸
►Cantonese: dak\
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