正德

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind
simp. and trad. (正德)		正	德

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhèngdé

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ dak¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-tek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhèngdé
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhèngdé
    • Wade–Giles: Chêng⁴-tê²
    • Yale: Jèng-dé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jenqder
    • Palladius: Чжэндэ (Čžɛndɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ dak¹
    • Yale: jing dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ tɐk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-tek
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-tik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeangdeg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tiɪk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tiɪk̚³²/

Proper noun

正德

1. (～里) An urban village in Tamsui district, New Taipei, Taiwan
2. (～帝) (historical) the Zhengde Emperor (the eleventh emperor of the Ming dynasty)
3. (historical) the Zhengde era (a Chinese era name; the era of that emperor's reign, from 1506 to 1521)