德高望重

Chinese

		Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind	high; tall	hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards	heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer
trad. (德高望重)		德	高	望	重
simp. ^#(德高望重)		德	高	望	重
Literally: “high level of morals; enjoys fame and prestige”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dégāowàngzhòng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄜˊ ㄍㄠㄨㄤˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ gou¹ mong⁶ zung⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tek-ko-bōng-tiōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dégāowàngzhòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄍㄠㄨㄤˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dégaowàngjhòng
  - Wade–Giles: tê²-kao¹-wang⁴-chung⁴
  - Yale: dé-gāu-wàng-jùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dergauwanqjonq
  - Palladius: дэгаованчжун (dɛgaovančžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dak¹ gou¹ mong⁶ zung⁶
  - Yale: dāk gōu mohng juhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ gou¹ mong⁶ dzung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ gou¹ mong⁶ zung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ mɔːŋ²² t͡sʊŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-ko-bōng-tiōng
  - Tâi-lô: tik-ko-bōng-tiōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dekkoi'boxngdiong
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ko⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ko⁴⁴⁻²² bɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tiɔŋ²²/

Idiom

德高望重

(of a person) virtuous and esteemed

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