Zuìhòu xiào de rén, cái shì xiào de zuì déyì de rén.
He who laughs last laughs best.
Sentence #806223 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 得意 is built
Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.
得déto obtain
彳step · chì
旦dawn · dàn
寸inch · cùn
Memory aidA hand 寸 picking up a shell, once used as money, while out on the road 彳: to get.
意yìidea; thought; meaning; sense
音sound · yīnSound part
心heart · xīnMeaning part
心 hints at the meaning (heart); 音 (yīn) hints at the sound. Compare it with yì.
Memory aidA sound 音 from the heart 心: a thought, a meaning.
How to write 得意
得 11 strokes · 意 13 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 得意 (déyì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
得意 (déyì) means “proud of oneself” or “pleased with oneself”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it déyì: dé with a 2nd tone, then yì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 得意 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type deyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 得意 from the suggestions. Typing deyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
得意 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
得dé2nd tone, rising
意yì4th tone, falling
