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妒

dù

HSK 6 Character

What 妒 means

1. to envy (success, talent)
2. jealous

Other readings

妒 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• dùvariant of {妒|dù}

Example sentences

• 我嫉妒她。
  I envy her.
• 我不嫉妒。
  I'm not jealous.
• 汤姆嫉妒吗？
  Is Tom jealous?
• 他们会嫉妒。
  They'll be jealous.
• 爱都是嫉妒的。
  There's no love without jealousy.
• 我觉得你妒忌了。
  Wǒ juéde nǐ dùjì le.
  I think you're jealous.

Words starting with 妒

• 妒忌dù jìto be jealous of (sb's achievements etc); to be envious; envy
• 妒嫉dù jíto be jealous of (sb's achievements etc); to be envious; envy
• 妒能害贤dù néng hài xiánjealous of the able, envious of the clever (idiom)
• 妒贤嫉能dù xián jí néngsee 嫉贤妒能

Words containing 妒

• 嫉妒jí dùto be jealous of; to envy
• 忌妒jì duto be jealous of; to envy
• 天妒英才tiān dù yīng cáiheaven is jealous of heroic genius (idiom); the great have great hardship to contend…
• 嫉贤妒能jí xián dù néng(idiom) to envy the virtuous and talented
• 羡慕嫉妒恨xiàn mù jí dù hènto be green with envy (neologism c. 2009)

Characters built on 户

These share the phonetic component 户 (hù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 护hùto protect
• 雇gùto employ; to hire; to rent
• 炉lústove; furnace
• 驴lǘdonkey
• 芦lúrush; reed; Phragmites communis
• 沪Hùshort name for Shanghai
• 庐lúhut
• 扈hùretinue

Characters that look like 妒

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 护hùto protect
• 伊yī(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she")…
• 炉lústove; furnace
• 姊zǐolder sister; Taiwan pr. jiě
• 驴lǘdonkey
• 妍yánbeautiful

Sounds the same

Read dù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 度to pass; to spend (time); measure
• 肚belly
• 渡to cross; to pass through; to ferry
• 杜birchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent
• 镀to plate (with gold, silver etc); (prefix) -plated
• 蠹insect that eats into books, clothing etc; moth-eaten; worm-eaten
• 喥used in location words (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 里
• 芏used in 茳芏; Taiwan pr. tǔ
• 𬭊dubnium (chemistry)
• 螙variant of 蠹
• 蠧variant of 蠹