Word: 的 (de) used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression; one that is ...; one who ...

These are the example sentences using 的 in the sense used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression; one that is ...; one who .... Every sentence using 的 is on the word's own page, whichever sense it uses.

Example sentences using 的 in this sense

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一个是新的，另一个是旧的。

Yí gè shì xīn de, lìng yí gè shì jiù de.

One is new, and the other is old.
一个男的突然出现在门口。

Yí gè nán de tūrán chūxiàn zài ménkǒu.

A man suddenly appeared in the doorway.
一些司机笑的笑，喊的喊。

Yìxiē sījī xiào de xiào, hǎn de hǎn.

Some of the drivers were laughing and yelling.
不，是二手的。

Bù, shì èrshǒu de.

No, it's second-hand.
不是你对的，就是我。

Bú shì nǐ duì de, jiùshì wǒ.

Either you or I am right.
不是我对的，就是你。

Bú shì wǒ duì de, jiùshì nǐ.

I am not correct, but you are.
不是每个人都是老实的。

Bú shì měige rén dōu shì lǎoshi de.

Not everyone is honest.
不是说笑的。

Bú shì shuō xiào de.

It is no joke.
不要在意他说的。

Búyào zàiyì tā shuō de.

Don't worry about what he said.
不轻易发怒的，大有聪明。

Bù qīngyì fānù de, dà yǒu cōngming.

He who is slow to anger has great understanding.
两个人都爱上了同一个女的。

Liǎng gè rén dōu ài shàng le tóng yí gè nǚ de.

They both fell in love with the same woman.
中国人口大约是英国人口的二十一倍。

Zhōngguó rénkǒu dàyuē shì Yīngguó rénkǒu de èrshí yībèi.

The population of China is about twenty-one times that of the UK.
为什么天是蓝的？

Wèishénme tiān shì lán de?

Why is the sky blue?
书架上那个奖杯是谁的？

Shūjià shàng nàge jiǎngbēi shì shéi de?

Whose is that trophy on the bookshelf?
事情总比我们想的要复杂得多。

Shìqing zǒng bǐ wǒmen xiǎng de yào fùzá de duō.

Things are always more complex than we think.
事情比我们最初想象的更严重。

Shìqing bǐ wǒmen zuìchū xiǎngxiàng de gèng yánzhòng.

It was much worse than we initially thought.
亲爱的，原谅我。

Qīn'ài de, yuánliàng wǒ.

Forgive me, my love.
亲爱的，我们跳舞吧。

Qīn'ài de, wǒmen tiàowǔ ba.

Let's dance, my darling.
亲爱的，我可以解释。

Qīn'ài de, wǒ kěyǐ jiěshì.

Honey, I can explain.
人知道的越多，懂的就越少。

Rén zhīdào de yuè duō, dǒng de jiù yuè shǎo.

The more you know, the less you understand.
什么动物是棕色的？

Shénme dòngwù shì zōngsè de?

What animal is brown?
什么水果是红色的？

Shénme shuǐguǒ shì hóngsè de?

What fruit is red?
今天咱各付各的。

Jīntiān zán gè fù gè de.

Let's go Dutch today.
今天的云比昨天的多。

Jīntiān de Yún bǐ zuótiān de duō.

There are more clouds today than yesterday.
从某种意义上来说，她也是对的。

Cóng mǒuzhǒng yìyì shànglái shuō, tā yě shì duì de.

In a sense, she is right, too.
从某种意义来说，你是对的。

Cóng mǒuzhǒng yìyì lái shuō, nǐ shì duì de.

You're right in a sense.
从长远来看，也许结果比你所想的要好。

Cóng chángyuǎn láikàn, yěxǔ jiéguǒ bǐ nǐ suǒ xiǎng de yào hǎo.

It might turn out better than you think in the long run.
他不会听我的。

Tā búhuì tīng wǒ de.

He will not listen to me.
他不是傻的。

Tā bú shì shǎ de.

He's not an idiot.
他不是诗人；他写的是散文。

Tā bú shì shīrén; tā xiě de shì sǎnwén.

He isn't a poet; he's a prose writer.
他为自己的孩子能做的都做了。

Tā wèi zìjǐ de háizi néng zuò de dōu zuòle.

He did everything he could for his child.
他们两个里高的那一个先出来了。

Tāmen liǎng gè lǐ gāo de nà yí gè xiān chūláile.

The taller of the two went out first.
他们以为地球是平的。

Tāmen yǐwéi dìqiú shì píng de.

They believed that the earth was flat.
他们俩中，高的那个先走了出来。

Tāmen liǎ zhōng, gāo de nàge xiān zǒule chūlái.

Of the two of them, the taller one went out first.
他们俩爱上了同一个女的。

Tāmen liǎ ài shàng le tóng yí gè nǚ de.

They both fell in love with the same woman.
他们写的很多都没发生。

Tāmen xiě de hěn duō dōu méi fāshēng.

Much of what they wrote about never happened.
他做的和我要求的相反。

Tā zuò de hé wǒ yāoqiú de xiāngfǎn.

He did the reverse of what I asked.
他写的是标准英文。

Tā xiě de shì biāozhǔn Yīngwén.

He writes correct English.
他净说好听的，没做一件事。

Tā jìng shuō hǎotīng de, méi zuò yí jiàn shì.

He does nothing but say nice things, and hasn't done a single thing.
他告诉他她是对的。

Tā gàosu tā tā shì duì de.

He told him that she was right.
他大学学的是会计。

Tā dàxué xué de shì kuàijì.

He studied accountancy in college.
他大学学的是外贸，英语很好。

Tā dàxué xué de shì wàimào, Yīngyǔ hěn hǎo.

He studied foreign trade in college, and his English is very good.
他并不完全是错的。

Tā bìng bù wánquán shì cuò de.

He is not completely wrong.
他当然是无辜的。

Tā dāngrán shì wúgū de.

Of course he's innocent.
他很年轻，更重要的是，他很帅。

Tā hěn niánqīng, gèng zhòngyào de shì, tā hěn shuài.

He is young and, what is more, handsome.
他想的都不会实现。

Tā xiǎng de dōu búhuì shíxiàn.

Nothing is going his way.
他提供的比预期的多。

Tā tígōng de bǐ yùqī de duō.

He offered more than could be expected.
他昨天说的不是真的。

Tā zuótiān shuō de bú shì zhēnde.

What he said yesterday is not true.
他是两人之中最大的。

Tā shì liǎng rén zhīzhōng zuì dà de.

He is the older of the two.
他是他班里学习最努力的了。

Tā shì tā bān lǐ xuéxí zuì nǔlì de le.

He's the one that works hardest in his class.
他是倒数第三个到的。

Tā shì dàoshǔ dìsān gè dào de.

He was the last but two to arrive.
他是卖鱼的。

Tā shì mài yú de.

He is a fishmonger.
他是我们四人中间最年轻的。

Tā shì wǒmen sì rén zhōngjiān zuì niánqīng de.

He is the youngest amongst us four.
他是新来的。

Tā shì xīn lái de.

He's a newcomer.
他是第一个来到的。

Tā shì dì yī gè láidào de.

He was the first to arrive.
他是第一个来的。

Tā shì dì yī gè lái de.

He was the first to come.
他有什么不喜欢吃的呢？

Tā yǒu shénme bù xǐhuan chī de ne?

What is there that he doesn't like to eat?
他查的是什么？

Tā chá de shì shénme?

What did he look up?
他比你想的还要晚到。

Tā bǐ nǐ xiǎng de hái yào wǎn dào.

He's later than you think.
他终会毁了自己的。

Tā zhōng huì huǐle zìjǐ de.

He will eventually ruin himself.
他说的不可能是真的。

Tā shuō de bù kěnéng shì zhēnde.

What he said cannot be true.
他说的不见得对。

Tā shuō de bújiànde duì.

What he says is not necessarily true.
他说的不重要。

Tā shuō de bú zhòngyào.

It doesn't matter what he said.
他说的我还是没有全部理解。

Tā shuō de wǒ háishi méiyǒu quánbù lǐjiě.

I still don't understand everything he says.
他说的没有一句实话。

Tā shuō de méiyǒu yíjù shíhuà.

There isn't a grain of truth in what he says.
他跟我想的不一样。

Tā gēn wǒ xiǎng de bù yíyàng.

He wasn't the same as I thought he'd be.
令我惊讶的是，我的钱没了。

Lìng wǒ jīngyà de shì, wǒ de qián méile.

To my astonishment, my money was gone.
以下是我们怎么做的。

Yǐxià shì wǒmen zěnme zuò de.

Here's how we do it.
你不想用我的吗？

Nǐ bùxiǎng yòng wǒ de ma?

Don't you want to use mine?
你也许是对的。

Nǐ yěxǔ shì duì de.

You may be right about that.
你以前住的是哪一座房子？

Nǐ yǐqián zhù de shì nǎ yí zuò fángzi?

Which house did you live in?
你刚刚说的，我完全没听明白。

Nǐ gānggang shuō de, wǒ wánquán méi tīng míngbai.

I didn't understand anything you just said.
你刚说的是什么地方？

Nǐ gāng shuō de shì shénme dìfang?

What place were you just talking about?
你午饭吃的不多，不是吗？

Nǐ wǔfàn chī de bù duō, bú shì ma?

You didn't eat much lunch, did you?
你午饭吃的什么？

Nǐ wǔfàn chī de shénme?

What did you have for lunch?
你可以拿点吃的来吗？

Nǐ kěyǐ ná diǎn chī de lái ma?

Could you bring some food?
你可以看我的。

Nǐ kěyǐ kàn wǒ de.

You can look at mine.
你可以选择你喜欢的。

Nǐ kěyǐ xuǎnzé nǐ xǐhuan de.

You may choose what you like.
你可能是对的。

Nǐ kěnéng shì duì de.

You may be right.
你可能比你想的更聪明。

Nǐ kěnéng bǐ nǐ xiǎng de gèng cōngming.

You're probably smarter than you think.
你听见我说的了吗？

Nǐ tīngjiàn wǒ shuō de le ma?

Did you hear what I said?
你在做什么呢，亲爱的？

Nǐ zài zuò shénme ne, qīn'ài de?

What are you doing, darling?
你大学学的是什么专业？

Nǐ dàxué xué de shì shénme zhuānyè?

What did you study at university?
你妹妹是学文科的吗？

Nǐ mèimei shì xué wénkē de ma?

Does your younger sister study the humanities?
你姑姑是做什么的？

Nǐ gūgu shì zuò shénme de?

What does your aunt do?
你完全是对的。

Nǐ wánquán shì duì de.

You're absolutely right.
你完全是对的！

Nǐ wánquán shì duì de!

You're completely right!
你家是几室几厅的？

Nǐ jiā shì jǐ shì jǐ tīng de?

How many bedrooms and living rooms does your home have?
你对美国的感觉是怎样的？

Nǐ duì Měiguó de gǎnjué shì zěnyàng de?

What's your impression of the United States?
你就是做那事的人吗？

Nǐ jiùshì zuò nà shì de rén ma?

Are you the one who did that?
你就是我一直要找的人。

Nǐ jiùshì wǒ yìzhí yào zhǎo de rén.

You are the man I've been looking for.
你已经做了你该做的事。

Nǐ yǐjīng zuòle nǐ gāi zuò de shì.

You have done what you needed to do.
你应该作最坏的准备。

Nǐ yīnggāi zuò zuì huài de zhǔnbèi.

You should prepare for the worst.
你很快就会相信我是对的了。

Nǐ hěn kuài jiù huì xiāngxìn wǒ shì duì de le.

You will soon be convinced I am right.
你怎么知道那是我最喜欢的？

Nǐ zěnme zhīdào nà shì wǒ zuì xǐhuan de?

How did you know that was my favorite one?
你所要做的就是留下意见。

Nǐ suǒ yào zuò de jiùshì liúxià yìjiàn.

All you have to do is to make a comment.
你手里的是什么？

Nǐ shǒulǐ de shì shénme?

What is in your hands?
你把购物单上的全都检查过了吗？

Nǐ bǎ gòuwù dān shàng de quándōu jiǎncháguole ma?

Did you check all the items on the shopping list?
你指的是加拿大人吗？

Nǐ zhǐ de shì Jiānádà rén ma?

Are you talking about Canadians?
你指的是哪个？

Nǐ zhǐ de shì nǎge?

Which one are you referring to?