得 is a pò yīn zì 是一個破音字 - a podcast by Fun Learning Chinese

破音字 ㄆㄛˋ ㄧㄣ ㄗˋ are kind of like Chinese homonyms. In English, homonyms are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently (look different) and have different meanings.

Examples: here and hear.

Are you here? I can’t hear you!

The translation of 破音字 ㄆㄛˋ ㄧㄣ ㄗˋ (pò yīn zì) is humorous to me because the first character 破 (pò) means “broken” or “to split or break”. 

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得 is a pò yīn zì 是一個破音字

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