嫉妒 meaning in English

jídù

to be jealous of; to envy

HSK 7-9verb20 strokes

Meaning of 嫉妒

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jídù
  1. to be jealous of; to envy

嫉妒 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

她tā们men嫉jí妒dù我wǒ们men的de成chéng功gōng。
They are jealous of our success.
汤tāng姆mǔ说shuō他tā很hěn嫉jí妒dù。
Tom said that he was really jealous.
她tā嫉jí妒dù我wǒ的de好hǎo运yùn。
She is envious of my good fortune.
我wǒ嫉jí妒dù你nǐ的de幸xìng运yùn。
I envy you your luck.
嫉jí妒dù让ràng他tā那nà样yàng做zuò。
Jealousy made him do that.

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嫉 jí · jealous · 13 strokes

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妒 dù · jealous · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 嫉妒.

妒忌dùjìto be jealous of (sb's achievements etc); to be envious
忌妒jìduto be jealous of; to envy
愤世嫉俗fènshìjísúto be cynical; to be embittered
妒嫉dùjíto be jealous of (sb's achievements etc); to be envious

Questions about 嫉妒

What does 嫉妒 mean?

嫉妒 (jídù) means "to be jealous of; to envy" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 嫉妒?

嫉妒 is made of 2 characters: 嫉 (13 strokes), 妒 (7 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 嫉妒 an HSK word?

Yes. 嫉妒 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.