火德

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind
trad. (火德)		火	德
simp. ^#(火德)		火	德

Etymology

Literally: the virtue of fire

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǒdé

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄜˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǒdé
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǒdé
  - Wade–Giles: huo³-tê²
  - Yale: hwǒ-dé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huooder
  - Palladius: ходэ (xodɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤ³⁵/

Noun

火德

(archaic) the ability to make fire
(archaic) the virtue of fire (one of the five elements that determined who was to become a ruler)

Derived terms

火德星君 (huǒdé xīngjūn)

References

五德終始說 / 五德终始说 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh