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HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. Germany
  2. 2. German
  3. 3. virtue
  4. 4. goodness
  5. 5. morality
  6. 6. ethics
  7. 7. kindness
  8. 8. favor
  9. 9. character
  10. 10. kind

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我想不起「謝謝」用 語怎麼說。
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Words Containing 德

梅塞德斯奔驰
méi sài dé sī bēn chí

Mercedes Benz

萨德尔市
sà dé ěr shì

Sadr city (Shia township in East Bagdad)

邦德
bāng dé

Bond (name)

盛德
shèng dé

splendid virtue

道德
dào dé

virtue

茱莉雅·吉拉德
zhū lì yǎ · jí lā dé

Julia Gillard (1961-), Australian politician, prime minister 2010-2013

穆罕默德六世
mù hǎn mò dé liù shì

King Mohammed VI (King of Morocco)

加德满都
jiā dé mǎn dū

Kathmandu, capital of Nepal

德拉门
dé lā mén

Drammen (city in Buskerud, Norway)

马德拉群岛
mǎ dé lā qún dǎo

Madeira

米利班德
mǐ lì bān dé

Milliband (name)

德雷福斯案件
dé léi fú sī àn jiàn

Dreyfus affair 1894-1906, notorious political scandal in France case involving antisemitism and miscarriage of justice

德干
dé gān

Deccan (India)

德薄能鲜
dé bó néng xiǎn

little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[ōu yáng xiū])

承德县
chéng dé xiàn

Chengde county in Chengde 承德[chéng dé], Hebei

路德维希
lù dé wéi xī

Ludwig (name)

英德市
yīng dé shì

Yingde, city in Guangdong

联邦德国
lián bāng dé guó

German Federation

广德
guǎng dé

Guangde county in Xuancheng 宣城[xuān chéng], Anhui

公德心
gōng dé xīn

civility; public spirit

埃德加
āi dé jiā

Edgar (name)

法赫德
fǎ hè dé

King Fahd of Saudi Arabia

博德利图书馆
bó dé lì tú shū guǎn

Bodleian Library (Oxford)

是德科技
shì dé kē jì

Keysight Technologies (instrumentation company)

弗雷德里克顿
fú léi dé lǐ kè dùn

Fredericton, capital of New Brunswick, Canada

德清县
dé qīng xiàn

Deqing county in Huzhou 湖州[hú zhōu], Zhejiang

弗里德里希
fú lǐ dé lǐ xī

Friedrich (name)

德语
dé yǔ

German (language)

报德
bào dé

to repay debts of gratitude

瓦德瑟
wǎ dé sè

Vadsø (city in Finnmark, Norway)

尤德
yóu dé

Sir Edward Youde (1924-1986), British diplomat, ambassador to Beijing 1974-1978, governor of Hong Kong 1982-1986

布拉德·彼特
bù lā dé · bǐ tè

William Bradley \Brad\ Pitt (1963-), US actor and film producer

雷蒙德
léi méng dé

Raymond (name)

曼德勒
màn dé lè

Mandalay, province and second city of Myanmar (Burma)

坎德拉
kǎn dé lā

candela (unit of luminosity)

博尔德
bó ěr dé

Boulder, Colorado

克林德
kè lín dé

Klemens Freiherr von Ketteler, German minister killed during the Boxer uprising

德安
dé ān

De'an county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi

瓦德西
wǎ dé xī

Waldersee (name)

功德圆满
gōng dé yuán mǎn

virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion (idiom)

奥克斯纳德
ào kè sī nà dé

Oxnard, California

德令哈市
dé lìng hā shì

Delingha city in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[hǎi xī měng gǔ zú zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

博德
bó dé

Bodø (city in Norway)

道德家
dào dé jiā

Daoist

刘德华
liú dé huá

Andy Lau (1961-), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor

德江县
dé jiāng xiàn

Dejiang county in Tongren prefecture 銅仁地區|铜仁地区[tóng rén dì qū], Guizhou

范德华力
fàn dé huá lì

(molecular physics) van der Waals force

德克萨斯州
dé kè sà sī zhōu

state of Texas

哈德斯
hā dé sī

Hades

纳粹德国
nà cuì dé guó

Nazi Germany (1933-1945)

法兰德斯
fǎ lán dé sī

Flanders, region (state) of Belgium 比利時|比利时[bǐ lì shí]

科泽科德
kē zé kē dé
安德海
ān dé hǎi

An Dehai (-1869), the Qing equivalent of Rasputin, all-powerful court eunuch with the dowager empress Cixi 慈禧太后[cí xǐ tài hòu], executed in 1869 by her rival Empress Mother Empress Dowager Ci'an 慈安皇太后

八德
bā dé

Bade or Pate city in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[táo yuán xiàn], north Taiwan

赫德
hè dé

Hart or Herd (name)

路德
lù dé

Luther (name)

海尔德兰
hǎi ěr dé lán

Gelderland, province of the Netherlands

德治
dé zhì

rule by virtue

德里达
dé lǐ dá

Jacques Derrida (1930-2004), philosopher

阿萨德
ā sà dé

Assad (Arabic name)

李德林
lǐ dé lín

Li Delin (530-590), historian of Northern Wei and Sui dynasty

韩德尔
hán dé ěr

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), German-born British composer

霍华德
huò huá dé

Howard (name)

德庆县
dé qìng xiàn

Deqing county in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[zhào qìng], Guangdong

雷德
léi dé

Clark T. Randt Jr. (1945-), US ambassador to Beijing 2001-2009

品德
pǐn dé

moral character

医德
yī dé

medical ethics

德保
dé bǎo

Debao county in Baise 百色[bǎi sè], Guangxi

尼德兰
ní dé lán

the Netherlands

德雷尔
dé léi ěr

Dreyer (name)

施罗德
shī luó dé

Schröder (name)

瓜德罗普
guā dé luó pǔ

Guadeloupe

魏德迈
wèi dé mài

Wedemeyer (name)

马德拉斯
mǎ dé lā sī

Madras or Chennai 欽奈|钦奈[qīn nài], capital of Tamil Nadu on East coast of India

伍德豪斯
wǔ dé háo sī

Woodhouse or Wodehouse (name)

布痕瓦尔德
bù hén wǎ ěr dé

Buchenwald

德不配位,必有灾殃
dé bù pèi wèi , bì yǒu zāi yāng

calamity will befall those whose moral standards are not in keeping with their social status

亨德尔
hēng dé ěr

Handel (name)

塔木德经
tǎ mù dé jīng

Talmud

库尔德人
kù ěr dé rén

Kurdish person or people

德江
dé jiāng

Dejiang county in Tongren prefecture 銅仁地區|铜仁地区[tóng rén dì qū], Guizhou

广德县
guǎng dé xiàn

Guangde county in Xuancheng 宣城[xuān chéng], Anhui

唐德宗
táng dé zōng

Emperor Dezong of Tang (742-805), reign name of tenth Tang emperor Li Kuo 李适[lǐ kuò], reigned 779-805

默罕默德
mò hǎn mò dé

Mohammed (c. 570-632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God

德宏傣族景颇族自治州
dé hóng dǎi zú jǐng pō zú zì zhì zhōu

Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture in west Yunnan, surrounded on three sides by Myanmar (Burma), capital Luxi 潞西市

令狐德棻
líng hú dé fēn

Linghu Defen (583-666), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Zhou of the Northern dynasties 周書|周书

德宏
dé hóng

Dehong prefecture in Yunnan (Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture)

贾南德拉
jiǎ nán dé lā

Gyanendra of Nepal

武德
wǔ dé

ethics (in the military or the martial arts)

德钦
dé qīn

Dechen County in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[dí qìng zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)

阿德莱德
ā dé lái dé

Adelaide, capital of South Australia

萨巴德罗
sà bā dé luó

Zapatero (name)

德保县
dé bǎo xiàn

Debao county in Baise 百色[bǎi sè], Guangxi

德不配位
dé bù pèi wèi

one's moral standards are not in keeping with one's social status

启德机场
qǐ dé jī chǎng

Kai Tak Airport, international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 to 1998

路德宗
lù dé zōng

Lutheran church

承德市
chéng dé shì

Chengde prefecture-level city in Hebei

巴尔克嫩德
bā ěr kè nèn dé

Jan Pieter Balkenende (1956-), prime minister of the Netherlands 2002-2010

德才兼备
dé cái jiān bèi

having both integrity and talent (idiom)

宣德
xuān dé

Xuande Emperor, reign name of fifth Ming emperor Zhu Zhanji 朱瞻基[zhū zhān jī] (1398-1435), reigned 1426-1436, temple name 明宣宗[míng xuān zōng]

朱德
zhū dé

Zhu De (1886-1976), communist leader and founder of the People's Liberation Army

感恩戴德
gǎn ēn dài dé

deeply grateful

缺德
quē dé

to be lacking in moral sense

班纪德
bān jì dé

pancetta (Italian belly)

阴德
yīn dé

secret virtue

喜德
xǐ dé

Xide county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[liáng shān yí zú zì zhì zhōu], south Sichuan

佛洛伊德
fó luò yī dé

Floyd (name)

摩萨德
mó sà dé

Mossad

德国酸菜
dé guó suān cài

sauerkraut

常德市
cháng dé shì

Changde prefecture-level city in Hunan

李德
lǐ dé

Otto Braun (1900-1974), Comintern adviser to the Chinese communist party 1932-1939

尼安德塔人
ní ān dé tǎ rén

Neanderthal man

德都
dé dū

Dejun, former county, merged into Wudalianchi 五大連池|五大连池[wǔ dà lián chí] in Heihe, Heilongjiang

库尔德斯坦
kù ěr dé sī tǎn

Kurdistan

门兴格拉德巴赫
mén xīng gé lā dé bā hè

Mönchengladbach (city in Germany)

贞德
zhēn dé

Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English

圣女贞德
shèng nǚ zhēn dé

Joan of Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English

化德
huà dé

Huade county in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[wū lán chá bù], Inner Mongolia

布莱德湖
bù lái dé hú

Lake Bled, glacial lake amid the Julian Alps in Slovenia, adjacent to the town of Bled

奥德修斯
ào dé xiū sī

Odysseus

琐罗亚斯德教
suǒ luó yà sī dé jiào

Zoroastrianism

德兴市
dé xīng shì

Dexing, county-level city in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi

爱德华
ài dé huá

Edward

以直报怨,以德报德
yǐ zhí bào yuàn , yǐ dé bào dé

to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)

德行
dé xíng

morality and conduct

热比娅·卡德尔
rè bǐ yà · kǎ dé ěr

Rebiya Kadeer or Rabiye Qadir (1947-), Uighur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then president of the World Uighur Congress

德阳市
dé yáng shì

Deyang prefecture-level city in Sichuan

马德里
mǎ dé lǐ

Madrid, capital of Spain

酒德
jiǔ dé

good manners in drinking

德国标准化学会
dé guó biāo zhǔn huà xué huì

Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. (DIN)

雪菲尔德
xuě fēi ěr dé

Sheffield (City in England)

赛德克族
sài dé kè zú

Seediq, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan

德雷斯顿
dé léi sī dùn

Dresden, Germany

布拉德福德
bù lā dé fú dé

Bradford, city in West Yorkshire, England

一心一德
yī xīn yī dé

of one heart and one mind (idiom)

马丁·路德·金
mǎ dīng · lù dé · jīn

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), American clergyman and civil rights activist

德惠地区
dé huì dì qū

Dehui county in Changchun 長春|长春, Jilin

宁德
níng dé

Ningde, prefecture-level city in Fujian

尼厄丽德
ní è lì dé

Nereids (Greek sea nymphs, fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris)

德勒巴克
dé lè bā kè

Drøbak (city in Akershus, Norway)

顺德
shùn dé

Shunde District of Foshan City 佛山市[fó shān shì], Guangdong

歌功颂德
gē gōng sòng dé

to sing sb's praises (mostly derogatory)

赖清德
lài qīng dé

William Lai Ching-te (1959-), Taiwanese DPP politician, vice president of the Republic of China from 2020

詹姆斯·庞德
zhān mǔ sī · páng dé

James Bond

奥斯瓦尔德
ào sī wǎ ěr dé

Oswald

以德报怨
yǐ dé bào yuàn

to return good for evil (idiom)

澡身浴德
zǎo shēn yù dé

to bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation

德国人
dé guó rén

German person or people

庞德街
páng dé jiē

Bond Street (London, England)

德国马克
dé guó mǎ kè

German mark

哥德堡
gē dé bǎo

Gothenburg (city in Sweden)

萨德尔
sà dé ěr

Sadr (name)

德阳
dé yáng

Deyang prefecture-level city in Sichuan

孟德斯鸠
mèng dé sī jiū

Charles Montesquieu (1689-1755), French political philosopher

道德沦丧
dào dé lún sàng

moral bankruptcy

德里
dé lǐ

Delhi

东德
dōng dé

East Germany (1945-1990)

德古拉
dé gǔ lā

Dracula, novel by Bram Stoker

新德里
xīn dé lǐ

New Delhi, capital of India

德黑兰
dé hēi lán

Tehran, capital of Iran

佛兰德
fó lán dé

of or relating to Flemish people, language or culture

败德
bài dé

evil conduct

德育
dé yù

moral education

德意志银行
dé yì zhì yín háng

Deutsche Bank

安德鲁
ān dé lǔ

Andrew (name)

加德士
jiā dé shì

Caltex (petroleum brand name)

斯维尔德洛夫
sī wéi ěr dé luò fū

Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov (1885-1919), Bolshevik organizer, ordered the murder of the Tsar's family in 1918, died of Spanish influenza

德航
dé háng

Lufthansa (German airline)

德国
dé guó

Germany

卡尔德龙
kǎ ěr dé lóng

Calderon (Hispanic name)

长德
cháng dé

Chotoku

肯德基
kěn dé jī

KFC

曼德拉
màn dé lā

Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), South African ANC politician, president of South Africa 1994-1999

赛德娜
sài dé nà

Sedna, small body in the outer reaches of the solar system

圣德克旭贝里
shèng dé kè xù bèi lǐ

(Antoine de) Saint-Exupéry

德都县
dé dū xiàn

Dejun, former county, merged into Wudalianchi 五大連池|五大连池[wǔ dà lián chí] in Heihe, Heilongjiang

甘德
gān dé

Gadê or Gande county (Tibetan: dga' bde rdzong) in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture 果洛州[guǒ luò zhōu], Qinghai

穆罕默德·欧玛
mù hǎn mò dé · ōu mǎ

Mullah Mohammad Omar (c. 1960-2013), Taliban leader, Afghan head of state 1996-2001

肯德拉
kěn dé lā

Kendra (name)

恩德
ēn dé

benevolence

德国统一社会党
dé guó tǒng yī shè huì dǎng

Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (Socialist Unity Party of Germany 1949-1990), the ruling communist party of the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany)

德安县
dé ān xiàn

De'an county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi

英德
yīng dé

Anglo-German

德格县
dé gé xiàn

Dêgê county (Tibetan: sde dge rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[gān zī zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)

比勒费尔德
bǐ lè fèi ěr dé

Bielefeld (city in Germany)

波德申
bō dé shēn

Port Dickson (holiday destination in Malaysia)

范德瓦耳斯
fàn dé wǎ ěr sī

van der Waals

缺德事
quē dé shì

misdeed

德先生
dé xiān sheng

\Mr Democracy\, phrase used during the May 4th Movement 五四運動|五四运动[wǔ sì yùn dòng]

库德斯坦
kù dé sī tǎn

Kurdistan

桑坦德
sāng tǎn dé

Santander, capital of Spanish autonomous region Cantabria 坎塔布里亞|坎塔布里亚[kǎn tǎ bù lǐ yà]

道德高地
dào dé gāo dì

moral high ground

尔德
ěr dé

Eid (Islam)

常德
cháng dé

Changde prefecture-level city in Hunan

德化县
dé huà xiàn

Dehua county in Quanzhou 泉州[quán zhōu], Fujian

爱德华·达拉第
ài dé huá · dá lā dì

Édouard Daladier (1884-1970), French politician

弗洛伊德
fú luò yī dé

Floyd (name)

火德星君
huǒ dé xīng jūn

spirit of the planet Mars

奥腊涅斯塔德
ào là niè sī tǎ dé

Oranjestad, capital of Aruba

正德
zhèng dé

Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照[zhū hòu zhào] (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗[míng wǔ zōng]

穆罕默德
mù hǎn mò dé

Mohammed (c. 570-632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God

赫尔曼德
hè ěr màn dé

Helmand (name)

艾哈迈德
ài hǎ mài dé

Ahmed (name)

普密蓬·阿杜德
pǔ mì péng · ā dù dé

Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-2016), king of Thailand 1946-2016

道德认识
dào dé rèn shi

moral cognition

绥德
suí dé

Suide County in Yulin 榆林[yú lín], Shaanxi

保德
bǎo dé

Baode county in Xinzhou 忻州[xīn zhōu], Shanxi

泰特斯·安德洛尼克斯
tài tè sī · ān dé luò ní kè sī

Titus Andronicus, 1593 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚

西米德兰兹
xī mǐ dé lán zī

West Midlands, UK county, capital Birmingham 伯明翰[bó míng hàn]

缺德鬼
quē dé guǐ

public nuisance

巴斯德
bā sī dé

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist and microbiologist

海德尔堡
hǎi dé ěr bǎo

Heidelberg

景德镇市
jǐng dé zhèn shì

Jingdezhen prefecture-level city in Jiangxi province 江西, famous for porcelain

德化
dé huà

Dehua county in Quanzhou 泉州[quán zhōu], Fujian

康德
kāng dé

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), German philosopher

德彪西
dé biāo xī

Claude Debussy (1862-1918), French composer

贾夹威德
jiǎ jiā wēi dé

Janjaweed (armed Baggara herders used by the Sudanese government against Darfur rebels)

爱德华王子岛
ài dé huá wáng zǐ dǎo

Prince Edward Island (province of Canada)

雅恩德
yǎ ēn dé

Yaounde, capital of Cameroon

西德尼
xī dé ní

Sidney or Sydney (name)

承德
chéng dé

Chengde prefecture-level city in Hebei

德州地区
dé zhōu dì qū

Dezhou prefecture in Shandong

全聚德
quán jù dé

Quanjude (famous Chinese restaurant)

范德格拉夫起电机
fàn dé gé lā fū qǐ diàn jī

Van de Graaff generator

年高德劭
nián gāo dé shào

to be advanced in both years and virtue (idiom)

哈特福德
hā tè fú dé

Hartford

宁德市
níng dé shì

Ningde, prefecture-level city in Fujian

德仁
dé rén

Naruhito (1960-), emperor of Japan from 2019

美德
měi dé

USA and Germany

内贾德
nèi jiǎ dé

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956-), Iranian fundamentalist politician, president of Iran 2005-2013

唐吉诃德
táng jí hē dé

Don Quixote

德昂
dé áng

De'ang (ethnic group)

公共道德
gōng gòng dào dé

public morality; social ethics

琐罗亚斯德
suǒ luó yà sī dé

Zoroaster, Zarathustra or Zarathushtra (c. 1200 BC), Persian prophet and founder of Zoroastrianism

伊尼伊德
yī ní yī dé

Aeneid

尼安德特人
ní ān dé tè rén

Neanderthal man

鲁德维格
lǔ dé wéi gé

Ludwig (name)

德川
dé chuān

Tokugawa, the ruling clan of Japan from 1550-1850

多特蒙德
duō tè méng dé

Dortmund, city in the Ruhr 魯爾區|鲁尔区[lǔ ěr qū], Germany

阿基米德
ā jī mǐ dé

Archimedes (c. 287-212 BC)

路德维希港
lù dé wéi xī gǎng

Ludwigshafen am Rhein, German city on the Rhine opposite Mannheim

德智体美
dé zhì tǐ měi

the aims of education: morality, intelligence, physical fitness and aesthetic sense

马丁·路德
mǎ dīng · lù dé

Martin Luther (1483-1546), key figure of the Protestant Reformation

两德
liǎng dé

two Germanies

伊娃·门德斯
yī wá · mén dé sī

Eva Mendes, American actress

费拉德尔菲亚
fèi lā dé ěr fēi yà

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

德拉克罗瓦
dé lā kè luó wǎ

Delacroix (painter)

德布勒森
dé bù lè sēn

Debrecen, Hungary's second city, capital of Hajdú-Bihar county 豪伊杜·比豪爾州|豪伊杜·比豪尔州[háo yī dù · bì háo ěr zhōu] in east Hungary on the border with Romania

德士
dé shì

(Singapore, Malaysia) taxi (loanword)

仁义道德
rén yì dào dé

compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues

洛克西德
luò kè xī dé

Lockheed (US aerospace company)

孔德
kǒng dé

Auguste Comte (1798-1857), French philosopher

纳兰性德
nà lán xìng dé

Nalan Xingde (1655-1685), Manchu ethnic Qing dynasty poet

农德孟
nóng dé mèng

Nong Duc Manh (1940-), general secretary of the Vietnamese Communist Party 2001-2011

鲍德里亚
bào dé lǐ yà

Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007), French cultural theorist and philosopher

明德
míng dé

highest virtue

陈纳德
chén nà dé

(Claire) Chennault, commander of Flying Tigers during World War II

埃德加·爱伦·坡
āi dé jiā · ài lún · pō

Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849), American poet and novelist

冯德英
féng dé yīng

Feng Deying (1935-), socialist realist novelist, author of Bitter cauliflower 苦菜花[kǔ cài huā] (1954)

施明德
shī míng dé

Shih Ming-teh (1941-), Taiwanese politician, imprisoned 1962-1977 and 1980-1990 under the Guomindang, subsequently a leader of DPP 民進黨|民进党, in 2006 led protests against Chen Shui-Bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[chén shuǐ biǎn]

阿什哈巴德
ā shén hā bā dé

Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan

菲茨杰拉德
fēi cí jié lā dé

Fitzgerald (name)

敖德萨
áo dé sà

Odessa (city in Ukraine)

冯德莱恩
féng dé lái ēn

Ursula von der Leyen (1958-), German politician, president of the European Commission from 2019

德贵丽类
dé guì lì lèi

daiquirí

功德
gōng dé

achievements and virtue

德格
dé gé

Dêgê county (Tibetan: sde dge rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[gān zī zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)

德州仪器
dé zhōu yí qì

Texas Instruments

里弗赛德
lǐ fú sài dé

Riverside

载伯德
zǎi bó dé

Zebedee (name)

为德不终
wéi dé bù zhōng

to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through

旌德县
jīng dé xiàn

Jingde county in Xuancheng 宣城[xuān chéng], Anhui

修昔底德陷阱
xiū xī dǐ dé xiàn jǐng

Thucydides trap (theory that war results when a dominant established power fears the rise of a rival power)

麦德龙
mài dé lóng

Metro supermarket chain (originally German)

贵德
guì dé

Guide county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州[hǎi nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

洛德
luò dé

Lord (name)

信德省
xìn dé shěng

Sindh province of Pakistan

黑落德
hēi luò dé

Herod (biblical King)

浮士德博士
fú shì dé bó shì

Dr Faustus

保德县
bǎo dé xiàn

Baode county in Xinzhou 忻州[xīn zhōu], Shanxi

梅纳德
méi nà dé

Maynard (name)

摩德纳
mó dé nà

Modena, Italy

梅德韦杰夫
méi dé wéi jié fū

Medvedyev (name)

大卫·米利班德
dà wèi · mǐ lì bān dé

David Miliband (1965-), UK politician

隆德县
lóng dé xiàn

Longde county in Guyuan 固原[gù yuán], Ningxia

甘德县
gān dé xiàn

Gadê or Gande county (Tibetan: dga' bde rdzong) in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture 果洛州[guǒ luò zhōu], Qinghai

热比亚·卡德尔
rè bǐ yà · kǎ dé ěr

Rebiya Kadeer or Rabiye Qadir (1947-), Uighur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then president of the World Uighur Congress

德才
dé cái

ethics and ability

阿伏伽德罗常数
ā fú jiā dé luó cháng shù

Avogadro's number (chemistry)

公德
gōng dé

public ethics

德梅因
dé méi yīn

Des Moines, capital of Iowa

泰米尔纳德
tài mǐ ěr nà dé

Tamil Nadu, southeast Indian state, capital Chennai 欽奈|钦奈[qīn nài]

拉德
lā dé

rad (unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation) (loanword)

法耶德
fǎ yē dé

Fayed (name)

安德烈
ān dé liè

Andre (person name)

马德望
mǎ dé wàng

Battambang

德州市
dé zhōu shì

Dezhou prefecture-level city in Shandong

有德行
yǒu dé xíng

virtuous

范德格拉夫
fàn dé gé lā fū

Van de Graaff (name)

达德利
dá dé lì

Dudley (name)

德昌
dé chāng

Dechang county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[liáng shān yí zú zì zhì zhōu], south Sichuan

马苏德
mǎ sū dé

Massoud (name)

德清
dé qīng

Deqing county in Huzhou 湖州[hú zhōu], Zhejiang

喜德县
xǐ dé xiàn

Xide county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[liáng shān yí zú zì zhì zhōu], south Sichuan

德维尔潘
dé wéi ěr pān

(Dominique) de Villepin (French name)

德兴
dé xīng

Dexing, county-level city in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi

同心同德
tóng xīn tóng dé

of one mind (idiom)

玩人丧德
wán rén sàng dé

to play with others and offend morals

鲍勃·伍德沃德
bào bó · wǔ dé wò dé

Bob Woodward (Washington Post journalist)

绥德县
suí dé xiàn

Suide County in Yulin 榆林[yú lín], Shaanxi

路德会
lù dé huì

Lutheran church

亚里斯多德
yà lǐ sī duō dé

Aristotle (philosopher)

悉德尼
xī dé ní

Sidney or Sydney (name)

西德
xī dé

West Germany

德国战车
dé guó zhàn chē

Rammstein (German metal band)

永德
yǒng dé

Yongde county in Lincang 臨滄|临沧[lín cāng], Yunnan

德胜门
dé shèng mén

Deshengmen (Beijing)

罗德岛
luó dé dǎo

Rhode Island, US state

苏台德地区
sū tái dé dì qū

Sudetenland

同德县
tóng dé xiàn

Tongde county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州[hǎi nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

阿伏伽德罗
ā fú jiā dé luó

Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856), Italian scientist

加德西
jiā dé xī

Gardasil (HPV vaccine)

四德
sì dé

the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[dé], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功

亨利·哈德逊
hēng lì · hā dé xùn

Henry Hudson (?-1611?), English explorer and navigator

爱德玲
ài dé líng

Adeline (name)

三从四德
sān cóng sì dé

Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德[dé], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功

阿瓦里德
ā wǎ lǐ dé

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia

康科德
kāng kē dé

Concord (place name)

明德学院
míng dé xué yuàn

Middlebury College, private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont

德累斯顿
dé lèi sī dùn

Dresden, capital of Saxony 薩克森州|萨克森州[sà kè sēn zhōu], Germany

德昌县
dé chāng xiàn

Dechang county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[liáng shān yí zú zì zhì zhōu], south Sichuan

奥德赛
ào dé sài

Homer's Odyssey

修昔底德
xiū xī dǐ dé

Thucydides (c. 455 - c. 400 BC), Greek historian, author of the History of the Peloponnesian War

斯德哥尔摩
sī dé gē ěr mó

Stockholm, capital of Sweden

顺德区
shùn dé qū

Shunde District of Foshan City 佛山市[fó shān shì], Guangdong

积德
jī dé

to accumulate merit

麦德蒙
mài dé méng

McDermott (name)

明德镇
míng dé zhèn

Middlebury (name of town in Vermont)

德国之声
dé guó zhī shēng

Deutsche Welle, German publicly-operated international broadcaster

欧几里德
ōu jǐ lǐ dé

Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author of Elements 幾何原本|几何原本

圣德太子
shèng dé tài zǐ

Prince Shōtoku Taiji (574-621), major Japanese statesman and reformer of the Asuka period 飛鳥時代|飞鸟时代[fēi niǎo shí dài], proponent of state Buddhism, portrayed as Buddhist saint

德国麻疹
dé guó má zhěn

German measles

德文
dé wén

German (language)

堆龙德庆
duī lóng dé qìng

Doilungdêqên county, Tibetan: Stod lung bde chen rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[lā sà], Tibet

德班
dé bān

Durban (city in South Africa)

霍德
huò dé

Ford (name)

德国汉莎航空公司
dé guó hàn shā háng kōng gōng sī

Deutsche Lufthansa AG

乌德勒支
wū dé lè zhī

Utrecht

卡珊德拉
kǎ shān dé lā

Cassandra (given name)

米格尔·德·塞万提斯·萨维德拉
mǐ gé ěr · dé · sāi wàn tí sī · sà wéi dé lā

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), Spanish novelist, poet and playwright, author of Don Quixote 堂吉訶德|堂吉诃德[táng jí hē dé]

理查德
lǐ chá dé

Richard (name)

八德市
bā dé shì

Bade or Pate city in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[táo yuán xiàn], north Taiwan

恶德
è dé

wickedness

化德县
huà dé xiàn

Huade county in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[wū lán chá bù], Inner Mongolia

德政
dé zhèng

benevolent government

德意志学术交流中心
dé yì zhì xué shù jiāo liú zhōng xīn

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

巴德尔
bā dé ěr

Baldr or Baldur, god in Norse mythology

堆龙德庆县
duī lóng dé qìng xiàn

Doilungdêqên county, Tibetan: Stod lung bde chen rdzong in Lhasa 拉薩|拉萨[lā sà], Tibet

爱德华岛
ài dé huá dǎo

Prince Edward Island, province of Canada

海德格尔
hǎi dé gé ěr

Martin Heidegger (1889-1976), German philosopher

劳埃德
láo āi dé

Lloyd (name)

库德
kù dé

Kurd ethnic group

阴德必有阳报
yīn dé bì yǒu yáng bào

hidden merits will have visible rewards (idiom)

路德雀鹛
lù dé què méi

(bird species of China) Ludlow's fulvetta (Fulvetta ludlowi)

麦德林
mài dé lín

Medellín, city in Colombia

唐纳德
táng nà dé

Donald (name)

纳德阿里
nà dé ā lǐ

Nad Ali, town in Helmand province, Afghanistan

永德县
yǒng dé xiàn

Yongde county in Lincang 臨滄|临沧[lín cāng], Yunnan

至德
zhì dé

splendid virtue

常德地区
cháng dé dì qū

Changde prefecture in Hunan

卡拉姆昌德
kǎ lā mǔ chāng dé

Karamchand (name)

德牧
dé mù

German shepherd

才德
cái dé

talent and virtue

承德地区
chéng dé dì qū

now Chengde prefecture-level city

阿黑门尼德王朝
ā hēi mén ní dé wáng cháo

Achaemenid Empire of Persian (559-330 BC)

海德堡
hǎi dé bǎo

Heidelberg

德乌帕
dé wū pà

Sher Bahadur Deuba (1946-), former prime minister of Nepal

弗雷德里克
fú léi dé lǐ kè

Frederick (name)

东密德兰
dōng mì dé lán

East Midlands, English county

泰米尔纳德邦
tài mǐ ěr nà dé bāng

Tamil Nadu, southeast Indian state, capital Chennai 欽奈|钦奈[qīn nài]

菲德尔
fēi dé ěr

Fidel (name)

圣安德鲁
shèng ān dé lǔ

St Andrew

杰拉德
jié lā dé

Gerrard (name)

德惠
dé huì

Dehui, county-level city in Changchun 長春|长春, Jilin

弗里德里希·席勒
fú lǐ dé lǐ xī · xí lè

Friedrich Schiller or Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805), German poet and dramatist

库尔特·瓦尔德海姆
kù ěr tè · wǎ ěr dé hǎi mǔ

Kurt Waldheim (1918-2007), Austrian diplomat and politician, secretary-general of UN 1972-1981, president of Austria 1986-1992

西格蒙德
xī gé mēng dé

Sigmund (name)

艾哈迈达巴德
ài hā mài dá bā dé

Ahmedabad, largest city in west Indian state Gujarat 古吉拉特[gǔ jí lā tè]

库尔德
kù ěr dé

Kurd

贵德县
guì dé xiàn

Guide county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州[hǎi nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

德城
dé chéng

Decheng district of Dezhou city 德州市[dé zhōu shì], Shandong

艾德蒙顿
ài dé méng dùn

Edmonton, capital of Alberta, Canada

伯特兰德
bó tè lán dé

Bertrand (name)

奥尔德尼岛
ào ěr dé ní dǎo

Alderney (Channel Islands)

德沃夏克
dé wò xià kè

Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904), Bohemian composer, author of nine symphonies including the New World symphony

德高望重
dé gāo wàng zhòng

a person of virtue and prestige

哈普西科德
hā pǔ xī kē dé

harpsichord

埃德·米利班德
āi dé · mǐ lì bān dé

Ed Milliband, UK labor politician, opposition leader from 2010

波德戈里察
bō dé gē lǐ chá

Podgorica, capital of Montenegro

妮可·基德曼
nī kě · jī dé màn

Nicole Kidman (1967-), film actress

立德
lì dé

to distinguish oneself through virtue (one the three imperishables 三不朽[sān bù xiǔ])

斯普林菲尔德
sī pǔ lín fēi ěr dé

Springfield

乌东德
wū dōng dé

Wudongde, the name of a hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River 金沙江[jīn shā jiāng] at a point where the river forms a border between Yunnan and Sichuan

东西德
dōng xī dé

East and West Germany

皇家马德里
huáng jiā mǎ dé lǐ

Real Madrid (soccer team)

建德
jiàn dé

Jiande, county-level city in Hangzhou 杭州[háng zhōu], Zhejiang

哈德逊河
hā dé xùn hé

Hudson River, New York State, USA

宁德地区
níng dé dì qū

Ningde prefecture in Fujian

仁德
rén dé

Jente township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[tái nán xiàn], Taiwan

建德市
jiàn dé shì

Jiande, county-level city in Hangzhou 杭州[háng zhōu], Zhejiang

埃德加·斯诺
āi dé jiā · sī nuò

Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China

德城区
dé chéng qū

Decheng district of Dezhou city 德州市[dé zhōu shì], Shandong

恩斯赫德
ēn sī hè dé

Enschede, city in the Netherlands

女子无才便是德
nǚ zǐ wú cái biàn shì dé

a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)

堂吉诃德
táng jí hē dé

Don Quixote

德伦特
dé lún tè

Drenthe (name)

道德败坏
dào dé bài huài

vice

席德尼
xí dé ní

Sidney or Sydney (name)

萨德
sà dé

THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense), US Army anti-ballistic missile system

林德布拉德
lín dé bù lā dé

Lindeblatt (name)

德意志联邦共和国
dé yì zhì lián bāng gòng hé guó

Federal Republic of Germany

旌德
jīng dé

Jingde county in Xuancheng 宣城[xuān chéng], Anhui

亚里士多德
yà lǐ shì duō dé

Aristotle (384-322 BC), Greek philosopher

埃德
āi dé

Ed (name - Eduard)

艾哈迈迪内贾德
ài hā mài dí nèi jiǎ dé

Ahmadinejad or Ahmadinezhad (Persian name)

不道德
bù dào dé

immoral

西米德兰兹郡
xī mǐ dé lán zī jùn

West Midlands, UK county, capital Birmingham 伯明翰[bó míng hàn]

德性
dé xing

(coll.) revolting behavior

张德江
zhāng dé jiāng

Zhang Dejiang (1946-), PRC politician

麦克德莫特
mài kè dé mò tè

McDermott (name)

米德尔伯里
mǐ dé ěr bó lǐ

Middlebury (College)

拉姆斯菲尔德
lā mǔ sī fēi ěr dé

Donald Rumsfeld (1932-), former US Secretary of Defense

德钦县
dé qīn xiàn

Dechen County in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[dí qìng zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)

圣安德列斯断层
shèng ān dé liè sī duàn céng

San Andreas Fault, California

范德瓦耳斯力
fàn dé wǎ ěr sī lì

(molecular physics) van der Waals force

埃尔南德斯
āi ěr nán dé sī

Hernández (name)

海德保
hǎi dé bǎo

Heidelberg (Germany)

高德纳
gāo dé nà

the Chinese name of American computer scientist Donald Knuth (1938-), adopted prior to his visit to China in 1977

吉拉德
jí lā dé

Gillard (name)

德三
dé sān

Nazi Germany

彭德怀
péng dé huái

Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution

德庆
dé qìng

Deqing county in Zhaoqing 肇慶|肇庆[zhào qìng], Guangdong

陈德良
chén dé liáng

Tran Duc Luong (1937-), former president of Vietnam

贝尔格莱德
bèi ěr gé lái dé

Belgrade, capital of Serbia

克劳福德
kè láo fú dé

Crawford (town in Texas)

德律风
dé lǜ fēng

telephone (loanword)

景德镇
jǐng dé zhèn

Jingdezhen prefecture-level city in Jiangxi province 江西, famous for porcelain

爱德华兹
ài dé huá zī

Edwards (name)

隆德
lóng dé

Longde county in Guyuan 固原[gù yuán], Ningxia

德性
dé xìng

moral integrity

瓦尔德
wǎ ěr dé

Vardø (city in Finnmark, Norway)

庞德
páng dé

Pang De (-219), general of Cao Wei at the start of the Three Kingdoms period, victor over Guan Yu 關羽|关羽

卡桑德拉
kǎ sāng dé lā

Cassandra (given name)

道德困境
dào dé kùn jìng

ethical dilemma

德令哈
dé lìng hā

Delingha city in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[hǎi xī měng gǔ zú zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

为德不卒
wéi dé bù zú

to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through

海德公园
hǎi dé gōng yuán

Hyde Park

道德经
dào dé jīng

the Book of Dao by Laozi or Lao-Tze, the sacred text of Daoism

弗朗索瓦·霍兰德
fú lǎng suǒ wǎ · huò lán dé

François Hollande (1954-), French Socialist politician, president of France 2012-2017

德意志民主共和国
dé yì zhì mín zhǔ gòng hé guó

German Democratic Republic (East Germany), 1945-1990

加德纳
jiā dé nà

Gardner (name)

丧德
sàng dé

wicked

阿德雷德
ā dé léi dé

Adelaide, capital of South Australia

威德
wēi dé

power and virtue

桑德斯
sāng dé sī

Sanders (name)

埃德蒙·伯克
āi dé méng · bó kè

Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Irish philosopher and political scientist, member of British Parliament

奥朗德
ào lǎng dé

François Hollande (1954-), French Socialist politician, president of France 2012-2017

纳霍德卡
nà huò dé kǎ

Nakhodka (city in Russia)

埃德蒙顿
āi dé méng dùn

Edmonton, capital of Alberta, Canada

德勒兹
dé lè zī

Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995), French philosopher

莱德杯
lái dé bēi

Ryder Cup (US and Europe golf team competition)

德惠市
dé huì shì

Dehui, county-level city in Changchun 長春|长春, Jilin

库尔德工人党
kù ěr dé gōng rén dǎng

Kurdistan Worker's Party (PPK)

德意志
dé yì zhì

Deutschland; Germany

肯德基炸鸡
kěn dé jī zhá jī

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)

德州
dé zhōu

Dezhou prefecture-level city in Shandong

阿得莱德
ā dé lái dé

Adelaide, capital of South Australia

安德肋
ān dé lèi

Andrew (Catholic transliteration)

爱德斯沃尔
ài dé sī wò ěr

Eidsvoll (city in Norway)

韦德
wéi dé

Wade (name)

桑德拉
sāng dé lā

Sandra (name)

功德无量
gōng dé wú liàng

no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence

德雷福斯
dé léi fú sī

Dreyfus (name)

积德累功
jī dé lěi gōng

to accumulate merit and virtue

爱德
ài dé

Aide (brand)

同德
tóng dé

Tongde county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州[hǎi nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

口德
kǒu dé

propriety in speech

德克萨斯
dé kè sà sī

Texas

歌德
gē dé

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German poet and dramatist

诺夫哥罗德
nuò fū gē luó dé

Novgorod, city in Russia

班禅额尔德尼
bān chán é ěr dé ní

Panchen Erdeni or Panchen Lama

玛德琳
mǎ dé lín

Madeleine (name)

费德勒
fèi dé lè

Roger Federer (1981-), Swiss tennis star

常德丝弦
cháng dé sī xián

Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments

马格德堡
mǎ gé dé bǎo

Magdeburg (German city)

波德
bō dé

Johann Elert Bode (1747-1826), German astronomer

中德诊所
zhōng dé zhěn suǒ

Sino-German clinic

瑞德西韦
ruì dé xī wéi

remdesivir (antiviral medication) (loanword)

里奥格兰德
lǐ ào gé lán dé

Rio Grande (Brasil)

克劳德
kè láo dé

Claude (name)

厚德载物
hòu dé zài wù

with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)