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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dù | du4
English translation
to envy (success, talent)
jealous
variant of [dù]
jealous, envious

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

woman

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

女户

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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当然 dāngrán , 羡慕 xiànmù 嫉妒 jídù shì 少不了 shǎo bu liǎo de , 人之常情 rén zhī cháng qíng ma .

Jealousy, naturally , will come with admiration. For that's the way things are.

rén suǒ de 主要 zhǔyào shì 忌妒 jì du .

One suffered chiefly from jealousy.

格洛弗认为 rènwéi 史密斯 Shǐ mì sī shuì 坏话 huài huà 也许 yěxǔ shì 出于 chū yú 嫉妒 jídù

Glover thinks that Smith did him down, perhaps out of envy.

也许 yěxǔ shì 羡慕 xiànmù dàn 认为 rènwéi gēng duō de shì 嫉妒 jídù

Maybe there is jealousy, but I think the envy is more powerful.

安东尼 Ān dōng ní 不会 bù huì 嫉妒 jídù 即便 jíbiàn 嫉妒 jídù 不会 bù huì 表现 biǎoxiàn 出来 chū lái

Antonia will not be jealous, or if she is, she will not show it.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
嫉妒 jídù to envy嫉妒 jídù
妒忌 dù jì envy妒忌 dù jì
jealous
妒嫉 dù jí envy妒嫉 dù jí
忌妒 jì du to envy忌妒 jì du
妒贤忌能 dù xián jì néng to envy the virtuous and talented (idiom)妒賢忌能

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Decomposition

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