HSK 5 · Society

道德 dàodé “virtue” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 道德 means

  1. virtue
  2. morality
  3. ethics

Measure word 种 zhǒng · 一种道德 yì zhǒng dàodé

How to say 道德

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale道dào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale德dé2nd tone, rising

道德 in a sentence

  1. 这个学校对学生的道德标准要求很高。

    Zhè ge xuéxiào duì xuésheng de dàodé biāozhǔn yāoqiú hěn gāo.

    This school expects high moral standards from its students.

    Sentence #8709503 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 必须判断一个行为是否符合道德标准。

    Bìxū pànduàn yí ge xíngwéi shìfǒu fúhé dàodé biāozhǔn.

    We need to judge whether an action meets moral standards.

    Sentence #5308027 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 在这座城市里，公共道德不再受到尊重。

    Zài zhè zuò chéngshì lǐ, gōnggòng dàodé búzài shòudào zūnzhòng.

    Public morals are no longer respected in this city.

    Sentence #6467627 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 道德 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 道 (dào) with each of its parts in a different colour
道dàoroad; path 条,股)
  • 首head · shǒuSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 首 (shǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with dào.

Memory aidPicture walking 辶 with your head 首 leading the way: a road, a way.

The character 德 (dé) with each of its parts in a different colour
德dévirtue
  • 彳step · chì
  • 十ten · shí
  • 罒net form of 网 · wǎng
  • 一one · yī
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

How to write 道德

道 12 strokes · 德 15 strokes

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道德 (dàodé) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 道德 (dàodé). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 道德

Words with 道

知道zhīdao · to know (a fact)街道jiēdào · street道dào · (m.w. for orders味道wèidao · flavour道歉dàoqiàn · to apologise难道nándào · don’t tell me …报道bàodào · to report (news)地道dìdao · authentic频道píndào · frequency道理dàoli · reason

Words with 德

品德pǐndé · moral character

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FAQs

道德 (dàodé) means “virtue” or “morality”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it dàodé: dào with a 4th tone, then dé with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 道德 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 种 (zhǒng). For example, one virtue is 一种道德 (yì zhǒng dàodé).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type daode with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 道德 from the suggestions. Typing daode into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
道德 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.