積德

Chinese

		to amass; to accumulate; to store to amass; to accumulate; to store; old; long-standing	Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind
trad. (積德)		積	德
simp. (积德)		积	德

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīdé

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄉㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ dak¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chek-tek

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêh⁴ dêg⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷ciq-teq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīdé
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄉㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jidé
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-tê²
    • Yale: jī-dé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jider
    • Palladius: цзидэ (czidɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik¹ dak¹
    • Yale: jīk dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-tek
    • Tâi-lô: tsik-tik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zekdeg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêh⁴ dêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseh tek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seʔ²⁻⁴ tek̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷ciq-teq
    • MiniDict: cih^入 teh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jiq-teq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɪʔ³³ təʔ⁴⁴/

Verb

積德

1. to accumulate merit; to do good when possible

Synonyms

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• 修善 (xiūshàn) (literary)
• 修好 (xiūhǎo) (regional)
• 種德／种德 (zhòngdé) (literary)
• 積善／积善 (jīshàn) (literary)
• 行善 (xíngshàn)
• 行好 (xínghǎo)

 

Antonyms

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• 行兇／行凶 (xíngxiōng)
• 逞兇／逞凶 (chěngxiōng)

 

Derived terms

• 積德累仁／积德累仁
• 積德累功／积德累功
• 行好積德／行好积德