陰德

Chinese

		(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady	Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind
trad. (陰德)		陰	德
simp. (阴德)		阴	德

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīndé

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄉㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ dak¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): im-tek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīndé
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄉㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yindé
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-tê²
    • Yale: yīn-dé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inder
    • Palladius: иньдэ (inʹdɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ dak¹
    • Yale: yām dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-tek
    • Tâi-lô: im-tik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: imdeg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /im⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪk̚³²/

Noun

陰德

1. good deed done in secret; hidden merit

   積陰德／积阴德  ―  jī yīndé  ―  to accumulate hidden merits

Synonyms

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• 陰功 / 阴功 (yīngōng)
• 陰騭 / 阴骘 (yīnzhì)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (陰德):

• → Japanese: 陰徳(いんとく) (intoku)
• → Korean: 음덕(陰德) (eumdeok)
• → Vietnamese: âm đức (陰德)