德意志

Chinese

		Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind	will; determination; volition will; determination; volition; intent
simp. and trad. (德意志)		德	意志

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of German Deutsch (“German”).

The tendency to use commendatory characters in country names was also seen in:

美國／美国 (Měiguó, “America; lit. pretty country”),
英國／英国 (Yīngguó, “England; lit. flower/outstanding country”) and
法國／法国 (Fǎguó, “France, lit. the law country”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Déyìzhì

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˋ ㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ ji³ zi³
Min Nan (POJ): Tiak-ì-chì / Tek-ì-chì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Déyìzhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˋ ㄓˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Deryihjyh
  - IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dak¹ ji³ zi³
  - Yale: dāk yi ji
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ ji³ dzi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ yi³ ji³
  - IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ jiː³³ t͡siː³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiak-ì-chì
  - Tâi-lô: Tiak-ì-tsì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diak'iecix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕi⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tek-ì-chì
  - Tâi-lô: Tik-ì-tsì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dek'iecix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ i²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕi²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ i²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ i²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ i¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi¹¹/

Proper noun

德意志

Germany

Synonyms

德國／德国 (Déguó)

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