dè

See also: Appendix:Variations of "de"

Mandarin

Romanization

dè (Zhuyin ㄉㄜˋ)

Pinyin transcription of 嘚

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʲeː/, [d̊ʲeː]

Pronoun

dè

what
Dè tha thu ag iarraidh? - What do you want? (literally What are you at wanting?)

Chan eil cuimhn' aice dè thuirt e. - She doesn't remember what he said.

Usage notes

If followed by the future tense, the relative future tense is used.
Dè a bhios sibh a' dèanamh? - What will you do?

Derived terms

ge be dè

Noun

dè m

genitive singular of dia

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 提/堤/隄 (“to guard against”; SV: đề).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zɛ˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [jɛ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jɛ˨˩]

Verb

dè (提, 𠽮, 咦, 移)

to stint (on); to economise
to take care over; to spare
to foresee; to foreknow; to expect

Derived terms

Derived terms

ăn dè
chém tre không dè đầu mặt
dè chừng
dè dặt
dè sẻn
e dè
kiêng dè

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