HSK 6 · Adjectives

得天独厚 détiāndúhòu “richly endowed by nature” in Chinese

Traditional 得天獨厚

What 得天独厚 means

  1. richly endowed by nature
  2. enjoying unique advantages
  3. blessed by heaven (idiom)
  4. enjoying exceptional advantages
  5. favoured by nature

How to say 得天独厚

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale得dé2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale天tiān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale独dú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale厚hòu4th tone, falling

得天独厚 in a sentence

  1. 这里有得天独厚的自然条件。

    Zhèlǐ yǒu détiāndúhòu de zìrán tiáojiàn.

    This place is blessed with excellent natural conditions.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 海南岛气候温暖，发展旅游业得天独厚。

    Hǎinán Dǎo qìhòu wēnnuǎn, fāzhǎn lǚyóuyè détiāndúhòu.

    Hainan Island is warm all year, which gives it a natural advantage for tourism.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 得天独厚 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 得 (de) with each of its parts in a different colour
得déto obtain
  • 彳step · chì
  • 旦dawn · dàn
  • 寸inch · cùn

Memory aidA hand 寸 picking up a shell, once used as money, while out on the road 彳: to get.

The character 天 (tiān) with each of its parts in a different colour
天tiānday
  • 一one · yī
  • 大big · dà

Memory aidA person 大 with the sky 一 above: sky, heaven, day.

The character 独 (dú) with each of its parts in a different colour
独dúalone
  • 犭dog form of 犬 · quǎnMeaning part
  • 虫insect · chóngSound part

犭 hints at the meaning (dog); 虫 (chóng) hints at the sound. Compare it with dú.

The character 厚 (hòu) with each of its parts in a different colour
厚hòuthick
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
  • 日sun · rì
  • 子child · zǐ

How to write 得天独厚

得 11 strokes · 天 4 strokes · 独 9 strokes · 厚 9 strokes

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得天独厚 (détiāndúhòu) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
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Words related to 得天独厚

Words with 得

得de · particle linking a verb to how it is done (e.g. 跑得快觉得juéde · to feel记得jìde · remember得到dédào · to get得分défēn · to score (points)懂得dǒngde · to understand认得rènde · to recognise获得huòdé · to obtain得意déyì · proud of oneself值得zhíde · to be worth

Words with 天

天tiān · day今天jīntiān · today明天míngtiān · tomorrow昨天zuótiān · yesterday天气tiānqì · weather白天báitiān · daytime星期天Xīngqītiān · Sunday聊天liáotiān · to chat夏天xiàtiān · summer冬天dōngtiān · winter

Words with 独

独立dúlì · independent独特dútè · unique单独dāndú · alone孤独gūdú · lonely独裁dúcái · dictatorship唯独wéidú · only

Words with 厚

厚hòu · thick浓厚nónghòu · strong雄厚xiónghòu · abundant深情厚谊shēnqínghòuyì · deep friendship

More words: Adjectives

从容cóngróng · calm脆弱cuìruò · fragile粗鲁cūlǔ · rude得力délì · capable典型diǎnxíng · typical丢三落四diūsānlàsì · forgetful短促duǎncù · brief端正duānzhèng · upright

FAQs

得天独厚 (détiāndúhòu) means “richly endowed by nature” or “enjoying unique advantages”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it détiāndúhòu: dé with a 2nd tone, then tiān with a 1st tone, then dú with a 2nd tone, then hòu with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 得天独厚 is written 得天獨厚. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type detianduhou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 得天独厚 from the suggestions. Typing detianduhou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
得天独厚 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.