得知

dézhī

verb HSK 7 #3,243

Meanings

1 to learn of; to find out; to come to know

Characters

to get; to obtain

Literally 'to obtain knowledge' — to receive or acquire information about something.

Examples

得知这个消息后，她非常高兴。

Dézhī zhège xiāoxi hòu, tā fēicháng gāoxìng.

After learning this news, she was very happy.

他是怎么得知这件事的？

Tā shì zěnme dézhī zhè jiàn shì de?

How did he find out about this?

Tips

register

得知 is more formal and written than 知道 (zhīdao). Use 得知 in writing or formal speech for the moment of learning something: 得知真相 (learned the truth). In casual conversation, just say 知道了 or 听说了.

Stroke Order

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知 zhī