妒
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dù · jealous, envious

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7Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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女Key radical

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Example sentences

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Bú yào jí dù qí tā rén de chéng gōng.不要嫉妒其他人的成功。

You must not be jealous of others' success.

Source: Tatoeba #462093 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā shì gè ài jì dù de nǚ hái.她是個愛忌妒的女孩。

She's a jealous girl.

Source: Tatoeba #12105073 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Méi yǒu dù jì jiù méi yǒu ài qíng.没有妒忌就没有爱情。

There's no love without jealousy.

Source: Tatoeba #347607 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ de chéng gōng shǐ wǒ gǎn dào jí dù.你的成功使我感到嫉妒。

Your success excites my envy.

Source: Tatoeba #5359471 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā jí dù wǒ de hǎo yùn.她嫉妒我的好运。

She is envious of my good fortune.

Source: Tatoeba #11236385 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ xiǎng wǒ gǎn dào yǒu diǎn jí dù.我想我感到有點嫉妒。

I suppose I felt a little jealous.

Source: Tatoeba #803709 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 妒 in context

  1. Say dù, then recall the core meaning: jealous, envious.
  2. Write all 7 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 嫉妒 (jí dù), meaning “to be jealous of”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 妒 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.