妒
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to envy (success, talent); jealous
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 女 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 妒
- Common rank
- #3,170
- Unicode
- U+5992
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Formation & memory
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Words with 妒
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天妒英才 | heaven is jealous of heroic genius (idiom); the great have great hardship to contend with;… | |
| 妒能害贤 | jealous of the able, envious of the clever (idiom) | |
| 妒贤嫉能 | see 嫉賢妒能|嫉贤妒能[ji2 xian2 du4 neng2] | |
| 嫉贤妒能 | (idiom) to envy the virtuous and talented | |
| 妒忌 | to be jealous of (sb's achievements etc); to be envious; envy | |
| 忌妒 | to be jealous of; to envy | |
| 羡慕嫉妒恨 | to be green with envy (neologism c. 2009) | |
| 妒嫉 | to be jealous of (sb's achievements etc); to be envious; envy | |
| 嫉妒 | to be jealous of; to envy |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 户 — compare how they read.