正德

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind
simp. and trad. (正德)		正	德

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Zhèngdé

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ dak¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-tek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Zhèngdé
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Jhèngdé
  - Wade–Giles: Chêng⁴-tê²
  - Yale: Jèng-dé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jenqder
  - Palladius: Чжэндэ (Čžɛndɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing³ dak¹
  - Yale: jing dāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ dak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing³ deg¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ tɐk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-tek
  - Tâi-lô: tsìng-tik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeangdeg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tiɪk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tiɪk̚³²/

Proper noun

正德

(～里) an urban village in Tamsui district, New Taipei City, Taiwan
(historical) the Zhengde era (a Chinese era name; the era of that emperor's reign, from 1506 to 1521)
(～帝) (historical) the Zhengde Emperor (the eleventh emperor of the Ming dynasty)