德意志

Chinese

		Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind	will; determination; volition will; determination; volition; intent
simp. and trad. (德意志)		德	意志

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of German Deutsch (“German”). Doublet of 同濟／同济 (Tóngjì) and 獨逸／独逸 (Dúyì).

The tendency to use commendatory characters in country names was also seen in:

• 美國／美国 (Měiguó, “America; lit. pretty country”),
• 英國／英国 (Yīngguó, “England; lit. flower/outstanding country”) and
• 法國／法国 (Fǎguó, “France, lit. the law country”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Déyìzhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˋ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ ji³ zi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tiak-ì-chì / Tek-ì-chì
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷teq-i-tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Déyìzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˋ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Déyìjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: Tê²-i⁴-chih⁴
    • Yale: Dé-yì-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Deryihjyh
    • Palladius: Дэичжи (Dɛičži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak¹ ji³ zi³
    • Yale: dāk yi ji
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ ji³ dzi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ yi³ ji³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ jiː³³ t͡siː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiak-ì-chì
    • Tâi-lô: Tiak-ì-tsì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diak'iecix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡si⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tek-ì-chì
    • Tâi-lô: Tik-ì-tsì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dek'iecix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ i²¹⁻⁵³ t͡si²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ i²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡si²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ i²¹⁻⁵³ t͡si²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ i¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡si¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷teq-i-tsy
    • MiniDict: teh^入 i tsy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴teq-i-tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /təʔ³³ i⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/

Proper noun

德意志

1. (attributive or poetic) Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)

Synonyms

• 德國／德国 (Déguó)
• (obsolete) 獨逸／独逸 (Dúyì)
• (abbreviation) 德 (dé)

Derived terms

• 德意志人
• 德意志國 / 德意志国
• 德意志帝國 / 德意志帝国
• 德意志民主共和國 / 德意志民主共和国 (Déyìzhì Mínzhǔ Gònghéguó)
• 德意志聯邦共和國 / 德意志联邦共和国 (Déyìzhì Liánbāng Gònghéguó)
• 德意志關稅同盟 / 德意志关税同盟
• 德意志革命