德高望重

Chinese

		Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind	high; tall	hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards	heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
trad. (德高望重)		德	高	望	重
simp. #(德高望重)		德	高	望	重
Literally: “high level of morals; enjoys fame and prestige”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dégāowàngzhòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄜˊ ㄍㄠ ㄨㄤˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ gou¹ mong⁶ zung⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tek-ko-bōng-tiōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dégāowàngzhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄍㄠ ㄨㄤˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dégaowàngjhòng
    • Wade–Giles: tê²-kao¹-wang⁴-chung⁴
    • Yale: dé-gāu-wàng-jùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dergauwanqjonq
    • Palladius: дэгаованчжун (dɛgaovančžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak¹ gou¹ mong⁶ zung⁶
    • Yale: dāk gōu mohng juhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ gou¹ mong⁶ dzung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ gou¹ mong⁶ zung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ mɔːŋ²² t͡sʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-ko-bōng-tiōng
    • Tâi-lô: tik-ko-bōng-tiōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dekkoi'boxngdiong
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ko⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ko⁴⁴⁻²² bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ²²/

Idiom

德高望重

1. (of a person) virtuous and esteemed