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道德

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; favor; character; kind
simp. and trad. (道德)		道	德

Noun

道德

morality; morals; ethics
道德教育 ― dàodé jiàoyù ― moral instruction

Adjective

道德

moral (often used in negation)
不道德的行為 / 不道德的行为 ― bù dàodé de xíngwéi ― immoral behaviour

See also

德性 (déxìng)
倫理／伦理 (lúnlǐ)
美德 (měidé)
缺德 (quēdé)

Derived terms

不道德 (bùdàodé)
道德法庭

道德準則／道德准则 (dàodé zhǔnzé)
道德綁架／道德绑架 (dàodé bǎngjià)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dàodé

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄜˊ
Cantonese

(Guangzhou, Jyutping): dou⁶ dak¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): au⁵ ak²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tho-tet
Min Nan (POJ): tō-tek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: dàodé
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄜˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawder
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou⁶ dak¹
  - Yale: douh dāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ dak⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² tɐk̚⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: au⁵ ak²
  - IPA ^(key): /au³² ak̚⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tho-tet
  - Hakka Romanization System: to ded`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: to⁴ ded⁵
  - IPA: /tʰo⁵⁵ tet̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-tek
  - Tâi-lô: tō-tik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doixdeg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɤ²²⁻²¹ tiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɤ⁴¹⁻²² tiɪk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɤ²²⁻²¹ tiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /to³³⁻¹¹ tiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³⁻²¹ tiɪk̚³²/