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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bādé
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄉㄜˊ
  - 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

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

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