要得 (yào dé) — good; fine; desirable; well done; acceptable; OK
Definition
要得 (yào dé) is a colloquial affirmative, like 'okay / fine / that'll do' — used to agree with or praise something. Note the pronunciation: 得 here is děi's homophone, not dé.
verb
goodfinedesirablewell doneacceptableOK
Examples
- 要得，。yào dé, Wǒ mǎ shàng jiù qù bàn.Okay, I'll go handle it right away.
- 要得！Nǐ zuò de cài zhēn yào dé!The dish you made is really good!
- 要得。Zhè ge zhǔ yì hěn yào dé.This idea is great.
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