# 的 (de)

In Mandarin Chinese, 的 (de) means “(particle) possessive 's; of”. It is part of the HSK 1 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: (particle) possessive 's; of
- Pinyin: de (de5)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 1
- HSK 2.0 · Level 1
- Other readings: dī — a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士) · dí — really and truly · dì — bull's-eye; target

## Examples

- 这是我老师的书。
  Zhè shì wǒ lǎoshī de shū.
  This is my teacher's book.

https://hanziro.com/word/de-possessive/

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