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Degree complement (程度补语)
A degree complement uses 得 after a verb to describe the degree or quality of the action.
Anchor example
他说话说得太快了，我听不懂。
Tā shuōhuà shuō de tài kuài le, wǒ tīng bù dǒng.
He speaks too fast; I cannot understand.
HSK 2
HSK 2
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1 structures
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10 exercises
Lesson summary
Verb + 得 + Degree Phrase: A degree complement uses 得 after a verb to describe the degree or quality of the action.
Degree complements answer 'to what degree?' after an action: 说得太快, 唱得很好, 累得不想说话. At HSK2, the most useful pattern is Verb + 得 + adjective/degree phrase. If the verb has an object, repeat the verb or move the object before the verb: 他说话说得很快. Do not place the degree word directly before the verb when you are describing the result of the action.
Grammar pattern
Verb + 得 + degree phrase
Describes the degree or quality reached by an action.
他说话说得太快了，我听不懂。
Tā shuōhuà shuō de tài kuài le, wǒ tīng bù dǒng.
He speaks too fast; I cannot understand.
她歌唱得很好。
Tā gē chàng de hěn hǎo.
She sings songs very well.
我今天累得不想说话。
Wǒ jīntiān lèi de bù xiǎng shuōhuà.
I am so tired today that I do not want to talk.
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