嫉妒

See also: 嫉妬

Chinese

		jealousy; be jealous of	jealous
trad. (嫉妒)		嫉	妒
simp. #(嫉妒)		嫉	妒
alternative forms		嫉妬／嫉妒
anagram		妒嫉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jídù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄉㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zat⁶ dou³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhi̍t-tu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi̍t-tò͘ / che̍k-tò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jídù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄉㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jídù
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-tu⁴
    • Yale: jí-dù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiduh
    • Palladius: цзиду (czidu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ tu⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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Note: Often mispronounced as jìdu; see also 忌妒 (jìdù).

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zat⁶ dou³
    • Yale: jaht dou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzat⁹ dou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zed⁶ dou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐt̚² tou̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhi̍t-tu
    • Hakka Romanization System: qid du
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qid⁶ du⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰit̚⁵ tu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-tò͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-tòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciddox
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² tɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² tɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² tɔ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: che̍k-tò͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍k-tòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zegdox
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡siɪk̚⁴⁻³² tɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪk̚⁴⁻³² tɔ¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzijH|dzit tuH

Rime
Character	嫉	嫉	妒
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	從 (15)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	質 (48)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	I
Fanqie	疾二切	秦悉切	當故切
Baxter	dzijH	dzit	tuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziɪH/	/d͡ziɪt̚/	/tuoH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziH/	/d͡zit̚/	/tuoH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjɪH/	/d͡zjet̚/	/toH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziH/	/d͡zit̚/	/tɔH/
Li Rong	/d͡ziH/	/d͡ziĕt̚/	/toH/
Wang Li	/d͡ziH/	/d͡zĭĕt̚/	/tuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱiH/	/d͡zʱi̯ĕt̚/	/tuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zì	jí	dù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi6	zat6	dou3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zids|zid  tqaːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	妒
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dù
Middle Chinese	‹ tuH ›
Old Chinese	/*tˁak-s/
English	jealous
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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	嫉	嫉	妒
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	5739	5742	5291
Phonetic component	疾	疾	戸
Rime group	至	質	魚
Rime subdivision	1	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	自	疾	妒
Old Chinese	/*zids/	/*zid/	/*tqaːs/

Verb

嫉妒

1. to be jealous; to envy; to be envious

Synonyms

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• 吃味 (chīwèi) (regional)
• 妒嫉 (dùjí)
• 妒忌 (dùjì)
• 妒恨 (dùhèn) (literary)
• 媢嫉 (màojí) (literary)
• 忌 (jì)
• 忌垢 (ji⁴ gou⁴) (Sichuanese)
• 忌妒 (jìdù)
• 怨妒 (Hokkien)
• 惡妒／恶妒 (Hokkien)
• 欣羨／欣羡 (xīnxiàn) (literary or Min Nan)
• 歆羨／歆羡 (xīnxiàn) (literary or Min Nan)
• 目空刺 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 目空赤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 目紅／目红 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 目赤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 眼氣／眼气 (nie² qi³) (Jin)
• 眼紅／眼红 (yǎnhóng)
• 紅目／红目 (Hokkien)
• 羨慕／羡慕 (xiànmù)
• 葡萄 (pou⁴ tou⁴) (Cantonese, Hong Kong, neologism)
• 豔羨／艳羡 (yànxiàn) (formal)
• 赤狗目 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 赤目 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (嫉妒):

• → Japanese: 嫉(しっ)妬(と) (shitto)
• → Korean: 질투(嫉妒) (jiltu)