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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Dé | De2
English translation
Germany
German
abbr. for 德國
>德国 Dé guó [Dé guó]
virtue
goodness
morality
ethics
kindness
favor
character
kind
variant of [dé]
ethics, morality; compassion, kindness

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

Contains the radical

chì

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

heart

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

chì ⿱⿱十罒一心 yī xīn

Semantic compound

xīn

Explanation

Depicts walking ( chì ) through life with a straight ( Zhí ) heart ( xīn ) to represent the meaning "virtue". Zhí also serves as a phonetic component.

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克鲁: 什么 shénme ? 我们 wǒmen huì de . āi yōu !

C: What? We are gonna die of thirst. Oh no!

Hàn 德尔先于萨姆·约翰逊 Yuē hàn xùn 0.06 miǎo de 成绩 chéngjì 获得 huòdé 金牌 jīn pái .

Handle won the gold medal with 06 second in front of Sam Johnson.

弗雷德·希尔德伯特 sǒng 了耸那暄 de Kuān 肩膀 jiānbǎng .

Fred Hildebert shrugged his big soft shoulders.

zài líng 菲尔德2 shí 30 fēn cháng sài Zhōng ,18 háo 出赛 chū sài .

Number 18 in the 30 at Lingfield is a non - starter .

" ā , 瑞德, zhè shì dòu wán !

" Oh, Rhett, you are teasing me!

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
virtue
德国 Dé guó Germany德國
道德 dàodé virtue道德 dàodé
西德 Xī Dé West Germany西德 Xī Dé
霍华德 Huò huá dé Howard (name)霍華德
德州 Dé zhōu abbr. for 德克薩斯州|德克萨斯州 Dé kè sà sī zhōu , Texas德州 Dé zhōu
费德勒 Fèi dé lè Roger Federer (1981-), Swiss tennis star費德勒
马德里 Mǎ dé lǐ Madrid, capital of Spain馬德裡
肯德基 Kěn dé jī KFC肯德基 Kěn dé jī
德克萨斯 Dé kè sà sī Texas德克薩斯
韦德 Wéi dé Wade (name)韋德
爱德华 Aì dé huá Edward愛德華
刘德华 Liú Dé huá Andy Lau (1961-), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor劉德華
美德 Měi Dé USA and Germany美德 Měi Dé
德语 Dé yǔ German (language)德語
德国人 Dé guó rén German person or people德國人
品德 pǐndé moral character品德 pǐndé
理查德 Lǐ chá dé Richard (name)理查德 Lǐ chá dé
德育 dé yù moral education德育 dé yù
哈罗德 Hā luó dé Harold, Harald, Harrod (name)哈囉德
安德鲁 Ān dé lǔ Andrew (name)安德魯
德意志 Dé yì zhì Germany德意志 Dé yì zhì
德里 Dé lǐ Delhi德里 Dé lǐ

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