的，de4, di2

same character in appearance, but different sound and meaning,

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[001Asoer]

When 的 means 之, it is pronounced de5 (neutral tone, not fourth). I read somewhere that it came from the northern pronunciation of 之, which was something like di1. di2 is usually only used in 的確, where it means "true." There is also 目的, where it is di4 and means "target."

[yanghaiying]

Thank you.

[colwyn25]

sorry watched the movie two times i could not hear what this character means, sorry im going to keep watching love the language

[yanghaiying]

It means of. let me put it in a simpler way.

[flashatizer]

谢谢, 这是趣。 ：）

[yanghaiying]

China is coming!

[colwyn25]

ahh ok thanks

[janainchina]

谢谢 !

It's great that you explain those details, that textbooks are often missing!

I hope that one day, Chinese words flow to my mouth just like German ones. But I still have a long way to go. You help me very much each time you post a video!

Thank you!

[xkurohimex]

Love it! That was so informative! の is sound like the english 'no'. I learned much!

[flashatizer]

Yes! I can't wait!