在得

Chinese

		(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
simp. and trad. (在得)		在	得

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zai⁴ de⁶

Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: zai⁴ de⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sai̯⁴⁵ tɤ̞²⁴/

Verb

在得

(Xiang) ought to; should (used as an auxiliary verb)
(Xiang) to be worth; to merit; to deserve; to be worthy of

Synonyms

(ought to):

合該 / 合该 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
好通 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
宜 (yí)
徑須 / 径须 (jìngxū) (literary)
應 / 应 (yīng)
應當 / 应当 (yīngdāng)
應該 / 应该 (yīnggāi)
會 / 会 (literary)
會須 / 会须 (huìxū) (literary)
理合 (lǐhé) (literary)
理應 / 理应 (lǐyīng)
理當 / 理当 (lǐdāng)
當 / 当 (literary)
直須 / 直须 (zhíxū) (literary)
相應 / 相应 (xiāngyīng) (archaic)
該 / 该 (gāi)
該當 / 该当 (gāidāng)

(to be worth): 值得 (zhídé)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zai⁶ dêg⁸

Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zai⁶ dêg⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsăi te̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sai³⁵⁻¹¹ tek̚⁴/

Verb

在得

(Teochew) how (expressing possibility)
- 1999, 陈四文, 陈四文讲古——只知其一，不知其二‎^[1]:
  
  啊喲阿爺噲，個水缸哩照大，個甕哩照細，囥在得了？無變乜！ [Teochew, trad.]
  啊哟阿爷哙，个水缸哩照大，个瓮哩照细，囥在得了？无变乜！ [Teochew, simp.]
  a¹ iou¹ a¹ ia⁵ oi⁶, gai⁵ zui² geng¹ li¹ zio² dua⁷, gai⁵ ang⁵ li¹ zio² soi³, keng³ zai⁶ dêg⁸ lou⁷? bho⁵ biang³ mih⁴! [Peng'im]
  Old Master, the water jar is so big, but the earthern pot is so small, how can it be possible to put one in the other? It can't be done.

See also

在生