道德

See also: 道徳

Chinese

		direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk	Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind
trad. (道德)		道	德
simp. #(道德)		道	德

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàodé

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄜˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): dou⁶ dak¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): au⁵ ak²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tho-tet
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tǒ͘-tiak / tō-tek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàodé
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàodé
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-tê²
    • Yale: dàu-dé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawder
    • Palladius: даодэ (daodɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou⁶ dak¹
    • Yale: douh dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² tɐk̚⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: au⁵ ak²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /au³² ak̚⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tho-tet
    • Hakka Romanization System: to ded`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to⁴ ded⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo⁵⁵ tet̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒ͘-tiak
    • Tâi-lô: tǒo-tiak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²² tiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-tek
    • Tâi-lô: tō-tik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doixdeg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³⁻²¹ tiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /to³³⁻¹¹ tiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /to²²⁻²¹ tiɪk̚³²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 道德

1. morality; morals; ethics

   道德教育  ―  dàodé jiàoyù  ―  moral instruction

   道德制高點／道德制高点  ―  dàodé zhìgāodiǎn  ―  moral high ground

   道德敗壞／道德败坏  ―  dàodé bàihuài  ―  moral decay

Related terms

• 公德 (gōngdé)

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 道德

1. moral (often used in negation)

   不道德的行為／不道德的行为  ―  bù dàodé de xíngwéi  ―  immoral behaviour

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (道德):

• → Japanese: 道(どう)徳(とく) (dōtoku)
• → Korean: 도덕(道德) (dodeok)
• → Vietnamese: đạo đức (道德)

See also

• 德性 (déxìng)
• 倫理／伦理 (lúnlǐ)
• 美德 (měidé)
• 缺德 (quēdé)
• 道德經／道德经 (Dàodéjīng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
道	德
どう Grade: 2	とく Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

1. Kyūjitai form of 道徳

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Korean

Hanja in this term
道	德

Noun

道德 • (dodeok) (hangeul 도덕)

1. Hanja form^? of 도덕 (“morality; ethics”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
道	德

Noun

道德

1. Template:han tu form of