積德

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; favor; character; kind
trad. (積德)		積	德
simp. (积德)		积	德

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīdé

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄉㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ dak¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chek-tek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jīdé
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄉㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jider
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jidé
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik¹ dak¹
    • Yale: jīk dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-tek
    • Tâi-lô: tsik-tik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zekdeg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²/

Verb

積德

1. to accumulate merit; to do good when possible

Synonyms

• (literary) 積善／积善 (jīshàn)
• 行善 (xíngshàn)

Antonyms

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

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