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嫉妒

jí dù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

嫉妒 (jí dù) means "to be jealous of; to envy". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 嫉妒 means

1. to be jealous of; to envy

The characters in 嫉妒

• 嫉jíjealousy; to be jealous of
• 妒dùto envy (success, talent); jealous

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.
• 克拉娃嫉妒柳霞。
  Kèlāwá jídù Liǔxiá.
  Klava envied Lyusya.

Words containing 嫉妒

• 羡慕嫉妒恨xiàn mù jí dù hènto be green with envy (neologism c. 2009)

Sounds the same

Read jí dù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 极度extremely

Where 嫉妒 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jí (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jí dù correctly.
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