建德

Chinese

		to establish; to found; to set up to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct	Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind
simp. and trad. (建德)		建	德

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiàndé

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ dak¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiàndé
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiàndé
  - Wade–Giles: chien⁴-tê²
  - Yale: jyàn-dé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannder
  - Palladius: цзяньдэ (czjanʹdɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    建德
    見得 / 见得
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gin³ dak¹
  - Yale: gin dāk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ dak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: gin³ deg¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ tɐk̚⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    建德
    見得 / 见得

Middle Chinese: kjonH tok

Rime
Character	建	德
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	元 (65)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	居万切	多則切
Baxter	kjonH	tok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨɐn^H/	/tək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kiɐn^H/	/tək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiɐn^H/	/tək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨan^H/	/tək̚/
Li Rong	/kiɐn^H/	/tək̚/
Wang Li	/kĭɐn^H/	/tək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɨ̯ɐn^H/	/tək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàn	de
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gin³	dak¹

Verb

建德

(literary) to establish virtue

Proper noun

建德

the Jiande era (572-578), a Chinese era name from the reign of Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou
(～市) Jiande (a county-level city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)