得知 dézhī to find out
to find out; to learn of
How to remember 得知: 得 get + 知 know = to find out.
Characters
How it is used
- To learn of / find out (news, information): 得知这个消息后 (dézhī zhège xiāoxi hòu) after learning this news.
- More formal/written than 知道 (zhīdào, to know); 得知 stresses the moment of coming to know something.
- News and narrative register.
Example sentences
- 他得知了他的错误。 Tā dézhī le tā de cuòwù.He acknowledged his faults.
- 她成功地从他口中得知了真相。 Tā chénggōng de cóng tā kǒuzhōng dézhī le zhēnxiàng.She successfully got him to tell the truth.
- 我是倒数第二个得知这个坏消息的。 Wǒ shì dàoshǔ dìèrgè dézhī zhège huàixiāoxī de.I was the second to last person to hear the bad news.