德意志
Chinese
editGermany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind |
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simp. and trad. (德意志) |
德 | 意志 |
Etymology
editPhono-semantic matching of German Deutsch (“German”). Doublet of 同濟/同济 (Tóngjì) and 獨逸/独逸 (Dúyì).
The tendency to use commendatory characters in country names was also seen in:
- 美國/美国 (Měiguó, “America; lit. pretty country”),
- 英國/英国 (Yīngguó, “England; lit. flower/outstanding country”) and
- 法國/法国 (Fǎguó, “France, lit. the law country”).
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): dak1 ji3 zi3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tiak-ì-chì / Tek-ì-chì
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7teq-i-tsy
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˋ ㄓˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Déyìjhìh
- Wade–Giles: Tê2-i4-chih4
- Yale: Dé-yì-jr̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Deryihjyh
- Palladius: Дэичжи (Dɛičži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɤ³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dak1 ji3 zi3
- Yale: dāk yi ji
- Cantonese Pinyin: dak7 ji3 dzi3
- Guangdong Romanization: deg1 yi3 ji3
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɐk̚⁵ jiː³³ t͡siː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiak-ì-chì
- Tâi-lô: Tiak-ì-tsì
- Phofsit Daibuun: diak'iecix
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡si⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Wu
Proper noun
edit德意志
- (attributive or poetic) Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editCategories:
- Chinese phono-semantic matchings from German
- Chinese terms derived from German
- Chinese doublets
- Chinese lemmas
- Mandarin lemmas
- Cantonese lemmas
- Hokkien lemmas
- Wu lemmas
- Chinese proper nouns
- Mandarin proper nouns
- Cantonese proper nouns
- Hokkien proper nouns
- Wu proper nouns
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chinese terms spelled with 德
- Chinese terms spelled with 意
- Chinese terms spelled with 志
- Chinese poetic terms
- zh:Germany
- zh:Countries in Europe
- zh:Countries