德

Virtue in Chinese: 德 (dé)

dé

virtue

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1virtue
  2. 2goodness
  3. 3morality
  4. 4ethics
  5. 5kindness
  6. 6favor
  7. 7character
  8. 8kind

Stroke order

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德

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄜˊ

dé

ㄉ/ dㄜ/ eˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 一个人的品德比才能更重要。

    yí gè rén de pǐn dé bǐ cái néng gèng zhòng yào。

    A person's moral character matters more than their ability.

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Related words

道德

dào dé

virtue

美德

měi dé

virtue

品德

pǐn dé

moral character

地步

dì bù

stage

地段

dì duàn

section

地下水

dì xià shuǐ

groundwater

地狱

dì yù

hell

地域

dì yù

area

地质

dì zhì

geology

得不偿失

dé bù cháng shī

the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)

得当

dé dàng

appropriate

得力

dé lì

able

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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