HSK 6 · Emotions

嫉妒 jídù “to be jealous of” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 嫉妒 means

  1. to be jealous of
  2. to envy
  3. jealousy

How to say 嫉妒

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale嫉jí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale妒dù4th tone, falling

嫉妒 in a sentence

  1. 她只是嫉妒你年轻。

    Tā zhǐshì jídù nǐ niánqīng.

    She’s just jealous that you’re young.

    Sentence #846697 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 不要嫉妒其他人的成功。

    Búyào jídù qítā rén de chénggōng.

    Don’t be jealous of other people’s success.

    Sentence #462093 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我嫉妒她。

    Wǒ jídù tā.

    I envy her.

    Sentence #5359462 from Tatoeba

How 嫉妒 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 嫉 (jí) with each of its parts in a different colour
嫉jíjealousy
  • 女woman · nǚ
  • 疾sickness · jí
The character 妒 (dù) with each of its parts in a different colour
妒dùto envy
  • 女woman · nǚMeaning part
  • 户door · hùSound part

女 hints at the meaning (woman); 户 (hù) hints at the sound. Compare it with dù.

How to write 嫉妒

嫉 13 strokes · 妒 7 strokes

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

Words related to 嫉妒

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欢乐huānlè · joy悔恨huǐhèn · remorse活该huógāi · serves (someone) right焦急jiāojí · anxious急功近利jígōngjìnlì · eager for quick results and profit计较jìjiào · to fuss over惊奇jīngqí · surprised警惕jǐngtì · to be vigilant

FAQs

嫉妒 (jídù) means “to be jealous of” or “to envy”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jídù: jí with a 2nd tone, then dù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 嫉妒 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jidu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 嫉妒 from the suggestions. Typing jidu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
嫉妒 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.