明德

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind
simp. and trad. (明德)		明	德

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngdé

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ dak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngdé
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngdé
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-tê²
    • Yale: míng-dé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingder
    • Palladius: миндэ (mindɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ tɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ dak¹
    • Yale: mìhng dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ tɐk̚⁵/

Noun

明德

1. (literary) virtue; noble attribute

Synonyms

• (literary) 大德 (dàdé)
• (literary) 盛德 (shèngdé)
• (literary) 至德 (zhìdé)

Verb

明德

1. (literary) to illustrate virtue