火德

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind
trad. (火德)		火	德
simp. #(火德)		火	德

Etymology

Literally: the virtue of fire

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒdé

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒdé
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒdé
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-tê²
    • Yale: hwǒ-dé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huooder
    • Palladius: ходэ (xodɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤ³⁵/

Noun

火德

1. (archaic) the ability to make fire
2. (archaic) the virtue of fire (one of the five elements that determined who was to become a ruler)

Derived terms

• 火德星君 (huǒdé xīngjūn)

 

References

• 五德終始說／五德终始说 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh