The structural particle 的

结构助词“的”在定语和中心语之间，表达领属关系。如果“的”前边是人称代词，后边是亲属称谓或指人的名词，“的”可省略。 的 goes between a describing word and the noun it describes, often meaning “'s” or “of”. After a personal pronoun, before a family member or a person, 的 can be left out: 我老师, 我妈妈.

Examples

• 白家月的中文老师

  Bái Jiāyuè de Zhōngwén lǎoshī

  Bai Jiayue's Chinese teacher

• 你的名字

  nǐ de míngzi

  your name

• 我妈妈

  wǒ māma

  my mother