Comprehensive Guide to Nouns Ending With 的 de

This post is a compilation of a very special type of nouns in Mandarin – the nouns which ends with 的 [de]. These nouns are special because 的 usually marks the end of one word and the beginning of another, but occasionally – very occasionally – it can also mark an entirely separate word. These should be considered discrete words since their meaning cannot simply be derived by the sum of their parts.

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Comprehensive Guide to Nouns Ending With 的 de

Resource courtesy of Carl Gene.