八德

Chinese

		eight	Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind
trad. (八德)		八	德
simp. #(八德)		八	德

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bādé

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄉㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ dak¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pat-tet
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pat-tek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bādé
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄉㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: badé
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-tê²
    • Yale: bā-dé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bader
    • Palladius: бадэ (badɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ dak¹
    • Yale: baat dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ tɐk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pat-tet
    • Hakka Romanization System: bad^ˋ ded^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bad⁵ ded⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pat̚² tet̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pat-tek
    • Tâi-lô: pat-tik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: patdeg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pat̚³²⁻⁴ tiɪk̚³²/

Noun

八德

1. eight virtues: loyalty (忠), filial piety (孝), benevolence (仁), love (愛), honesty (信 (xìn)), justice (義), harmony (和), and peace (平)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (八德):

• → Korean: 팔덕(八德) (paldeok)

Proper noun

八德

1. (～區, formerly ～市) Bade (a district of Taoyuan, Taiwan, formerly a county-controlled city)