陰德

Chinese

		(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady	Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind
trad. (陰德)		陰	德
simp. (阴德)		阴	德

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīndé

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣㄉㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ dak¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): im-tek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīndé
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣㄉㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yindé
  - Wade–Giles: yin¹-tê²
  - Yale: yīn-dé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inder
  - Palladius: иньдэ (inʹdɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jam¹ dak¹
  - Yale: yām dāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ dak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ deg¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-tek
  - Tâi-lô: im-tik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: imdeg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /im⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪk̚³²/

Noun

陰德

good deed done in secret; hidden merit
積陰德／积阴德 ― jī yīndé ― to accumulate hidden merits

Synonyms

陰功 / 阴功 (yīngōng)
陰騭 / 阴骘 (yīnzhì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (陰德):

→ Japanese: 陰徳(いんとく) (intoku)
→ Korean: 음덕(陰德) (eumdeok)
→ Vietnamese: âm đức (陰德)