無德
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[edit]not have | Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind | ||
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trad. (無德) | 無 | 德 | |
simp. (无德) | 无 | 德 |
Pronunciation
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- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄉㄜˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wúdé
- Wade–Giles: wu2-tê2
- Yale: wú-dé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuder
- Palladius: удэ (udɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /u³⁵ tɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mou4 dak1
- Yale: mòuh dāk
- Cantonese Pinyin: mou4 dak7
- Guangdong Romanization: mou4 deg1
- Sinological IPA (key): /mou̯²¹ tɐk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: mju tok
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ma tˤək/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ma tɯːɡ/
Verb
[edit]無德
- (literary) to be immoral; to lack morality or proper behaviour
- 無德而祿,殃也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Wúdé ér lù, yāng yě. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
无德而禄,殃也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Noun
[edit]無德