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Gain in Chinese

to gain · HSK 4

获得 huò dé

  1. 获 huò to get
  2. 得 dé to obtain

她获得了比赛的第一名。 She won first place in the competition.

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How do you say gain in Chinese?

Gain in Chinese is 获得 (huò dé). You can also say 获取 (huò qǔ), 取得 (qǔ dé), 赢得 (yíng dé), 增 (zēng).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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