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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jí | ji2
English translation
jealousy
to be jealous of
jealous, envious

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

女疾

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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.

bào zhāo zhǒng 愤世嫉俗 fèn shì jí sú de 观点 guāndiǎn , 相信 xiāngxìn 任何人.

With that cynical outlook, he doesn't trust anyone.

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.

正如 zhèng rú 一位愤世嫉俗 fèn shì jí sú de jiù 主顾 zhǔ gù 所说 de 那样 nà yàng ,“ hěn 可能 kěnéng 差额 chā é 塞进 le 自己 zìjǐ de 腰包 yāo bāo !”

As one former customer said cynically, "He's probably pocketed the difference!"

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.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
嫉妒 jídù to envy嫉妒 jídù
jealousy
愤世嫉俗 fèn shì jí sú to be cynical憤世嫉俗
妒嫉 dù jí envy妒嫉 dù jí
嫉恨 jí hèn to resent嫉恨 jí hèn

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