得意 déyì▶ Orgulloso

Stroke order

得意 is written in 24 strokes across 2 characters.

• 得 — 11 strokes
• 意 — 13 strokes

Senses

1. proud of oneself
2. pleased with oneself
3. complacent

Example sentences

• 他考得很好，非常得意。Tā kǎo de hěn hǎo, fēicháng déyì.He did well in the exam and is very pleased.
• 别太得意了。Bié tài déyì le.Do not be too pleased with yourself.

Related words

• 主意idea
• 值得Valor, valer
• 意见Opinión
• 故意deliberadamente
• 生意negocio
• 获得Obtener, conseguir

得意 is pronounced déyì and means “Orgulloso”. You will meet it in HSK 4, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 得意 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.