德薄

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		Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind	thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint
trad. (德薄)		德	薄
simp. ^#(德薄)		德	薄

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): débó

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ bok⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: débó
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: débó
  - Wade–Giles: tê²-po²
  - Yale: dé-bwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: derbor
  - Palladius: дэбо (dɛbo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dak¹ bok⁶
  - Yale: dāk bohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ bok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ bog⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ pɔːk̚²/

Adjective

德薄

(literary) having few virtues
- 莊王怪而問曰：「寡人德薄，又未嘗異子，子何故出死不疑如是？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  庄王怪而问曰：「寡人德薄，又未尝异子，子何故出死不疑如是？」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 77 B.C.E., 劉向 (Liu Xiang), 《說苑》 (Garden of Stories), chapter 6
  Zhuāngwáng guài ér wèn yuē: “Guǎrén débó, yòu wèicháng yì zǐ, zǐ hégù chūsǐ bù yí rúshì?” [Pinyin]
  King Zhuang thought it strange, and asked him, "I am not a particularly virtuous person, nor have I granted you any special favors. Why would you fight like this, as if your life depended on it?"

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