德薄

德薄

Chinese

		Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind	thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint
trad. (德薄)		德	薄
simp. #(德薄)		德	薄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): débó

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ bok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: débó
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: débó
    • Wade–Giles: tê²-po²
    • Yale: dé-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: derbor
    • Palladius: дэбо (dɛbo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ pwɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak¹ bok⁶
    • Yale: dāk bohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ bok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ bog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ pɔːk̚²/

Adjective

德薄

1. (literary) having few virtues

   • 莊王怪而問曰：「寡人德薄，又未嘗異子，子何故出死不疑如是？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     庄王怪而问曰：“寡人德薄，又未尝异子，子何故出死不疑如是？” [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 77 B.C.E., 劉向 (Liu Xiang), 《說苑》 (Garden of Stories), chapter 6

     Zhuāngwáng guài ér wèn yuē: “Guǎrén débó, yòu wèicháng yì zǐ, zǐ hégù chūsǐ bù yí rúshì?” [Pinyin]

     King Zhuang thought it strange, and asked him, "I am not a particularly virtuous person, nor have I granted you any special favors. Why would you fight like this, as if your life depended on it?"

Derived terms

功微德薄 (gōngwēidébó) 名微德薄 德薄才疏 才疏德薄

德薄能鮮／德薄能鲜 才輕德薄／才轻德薄 材輕德薄／材轻德薄