1. Verb complement: 得 + Adj. The particle 得 has no counterpart in English. It is usually used in Verb complements.
2. 【的地得】地vs.得 的,地,得 are the 3 most commonly used structural particles in modern Chinese. 得 is most often used with verb complements; 地 is most often used with adverbial phrases. In Chinese, adverbs always appear before the verb, and complements appear after the verb, following the particle 得.
3. 【的地得】的vs.得 的,地,得 are distinguished in writing, each with its own uses. 的 is most often used to modify nouns; 得, most often used with complements. In Chinese, adjective always comes before the noun or pronoun in the sentence; complements appear after the verb, following the particle 得.
4. 得 - Four-Character Expressions Idioms or Four-Character expressions can be used as complement, following 得.
5. 得 - so-that(1) In most cases, 得 can be used with the complement of degree. Such a sentence is usually translated into English as "so that". The complement is usually a complete sentence or a verb phrase.
6. 得 - so-that(2) 得 can be followed by a verb phrase.
7. 得 - + Reduplicated Adj. In Chinese, adjectives come in 2 forms: simple and reduplicated. Reduplicated form is always followed by the particle 的.
8. 得 - Complement vs. Predicate In the first example, '很好' is the predicate and follows the subject. In the second example, '很好' is the complement and follows the verb+得.
9. 得 - The complement of direction 得 can be placed between the verb and the complement of direction.
10. Comparison Unlike in English, Chinese adverbs have no comparative forms. A complement together with 得 is used to express comparison.
11. Comparisons: Verb + 得-一样 Verb + 得-一样 is used to indicate that A and B perform an action in a similar way.
12. Negation: Verb + 得不 Different from English, the negative word 不 ('not') appears in the complement, not with the verb.
13. 得 - Fixed expressions:+ 要命/要死 There are many fixed expressions with 得 that are considered as the complements of degree.
14. Fixed expressions:+ 不得了/很 不得了/很 can be used as verb complements after the particle 得, meaning 'very/extremely'.
15. Question: 得+怎么样/好不好? 怎么样/好不好 can be used to ask questions. 好不好 is the affirmative and negative part in the question.
16. Question: 得+complement+吗? 得+Modal particle 吗 is used to form a question.