四德

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Chinese

four
Germany; virtue; goodness
Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind
 
simp. and trad.
(四德)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (16) (5)
Final () (15) (131)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter sijH tok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/siɪH/ /tək̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/siH/ /tək̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/sjɪH/ /tək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/siH/ /tək̚/
Li
Rong
/siH/ /tək̚/
Wang
Li
/siH/ /tək̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/siH/ /tək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
de
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
si3 dak1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ sijH › ‹ tok ›
Old
Chinese
/*s.li-s/ /*tˁək/
English four virtue

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 12022 17266
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hljids/ /*tɯːɡ/

Noun

四德

  1. (literary) the "four womanly virtues" (according to traditional Chinese culture, i.e. wifely ethics, wifely speech, wifely manners/appearance, and wifely work)
  2. (literary) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see (),‎ ().

Derived terms

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

四德

  1. chữ Hán form of tứ đức (four virtues).