得
罪

To commit an offense in Chinese: 得罪 (dé zuì)

dé zuì

to commit an offense

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to commit an offense
  2. 2to violate the law
  3. 3excuse me! (formal)
  4. 4see also 罪

Stroke order

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得
罪

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄜˊ

dé

ㄉ/ dㄜ/ eˊ/ second tone

ㄗㄨㄟˋ

zuì

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 你这样说话会得罪很多人。

    nǐ zhè yàng shuō huà huì dé zuì hěn duō rén。

    Talking like this will offend a lot of people.

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Related words

得

dé

to obtain

罪

zuì

guilt

觉得

jué de

to think that ...

记得

jì de

to remember

得意

dé yì

proud of oneself

获得

huò dé

to obtain

值得

zhí de

to be worth

显得

xiǎn de

to seem

罪犯

zuì fàn

criminal

得到

dé dào

to get

得出

dé chū

to obtain (a result)

懂得

dǒng de

to understand

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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