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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 道德

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
道德 dào dé - virtue
- morality
- ethics
- CL:種|种[zhong3]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 5 2,903 1,989 3,051

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
dào- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3])
- (bound form) way; reason; principle
- (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
- (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
- to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
- (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
- classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
- (old) circuit (administrative division)
- Germany
- German
- abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]
- virtue
- goodness
- morality
- ethics
- kindness
- favor
- character
- kind
- variant of 德[de2]
- variant of 德[de2]

Other Words Containing 道德

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
道德 5 5 2,903 1,989 3,051
不道德 - - 10,442 25,588 19,800