得很

Chinese

		get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	very; rather; quite
simp. and trad. (得很)		得	很

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dehěn

  (Zhuyin): ˙ㄉㄜ ㄏㄣˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): de² hen³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ han²
• Northern Min (KCR): dă̤-hǎing

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dehěn
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄉㄜ ㄏㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: de̊hěn
    • Wade–Giles: tê⁵-hên³
    • Yale: de-hěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .deheen
    • Palladius: дэхэнь (dɛxɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d̥ə xən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: de² hen³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dexen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛ²¹ xən⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak¹ han²
    • Yale: dāk hán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ han²
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ hen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ hɐn³⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dă̤-hǎing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛ²⁴ xaiŋ²¹/

Adverb

得很

1. very; really; badly; amazingly

   這孩子鬼得很！／这孩子鬼得很！  ―  Zhè háizi guǐ dehěn!  ―  This kid is amazingly smart!

   • 這一個好看得很。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     这一个好看得很。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Zhè yīge hǎokàn dehěn. [Pinyin]

     This one is really good-looking.

Usage notes

Stronger than 很 (hěn) + adjective.

Synonyms

• (Gan) 死人
• (Hokkien) 死死
• (Wu) 來死／来死, 煞