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Potential complement
Verbs can take potential complements to indicate whether or not an action is possible. Potential complements contain a 得 (de) or a 不 (bu) immediate after the verb being modified, and are quite common in everyday spoken Mandarin.
- Keywords
- 得 · 不
- Used for
- Describing actions
- Classification
- HSK3 · HSK4
Examples (15)
你没戴眼镜，看得清楚吗？
他这么粗心，做得好吗？
你这么聪明，肯定学得会。
早上五点出发，孩子们起得来吗？
这么高的山，你爬得上去吗？
你的声音太小了，我们听不见。
这里太暗了，我看不清楚。
这个自行车太破了，谁都修不好。
她的腿受伤了，站不起来了。
包太小了，手机放不进去。
你听得懂上海话吗？
她这么小，看得懂这本书吗？
我怕我做不好这份工作。
这种手机现在买不到了。
这本书我一个星期肯定看得完。
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