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have to, must

HSK 2Uncommon

What does 得 mean?

(pinyin: ) means have to, must. It belongs to the official HSK 2 vocabulary (elementary), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.

Example with 得

I have to go.

Character families

Every HSK 1–4 word containing

Related HSK 2 words

cóngfrom
wéifor
可以kě yǐcan, may
particle (suggestion)
rànglet, allow
gěito give
zhāoin the middle of (doing something)
Huánstill, yet

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