Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- dù
English
- jealous, envious
- to envy (success, talent)
- jealous
- jealousy
粵語
- 因為人有我冇而不爽
Variants
Words containing 妒
- 嫉妒zat6 dou3
to be jealous of; to envy
- 妒忌dou3 gei6
to be jealous of (sb's achievements etc)
- 忌妒gei6 dou3
to be jealous of; to envy
- 妒意dou3 ji3
- 妒恨dou3 han6
to be jealous of and hate
- 好妒忌hou2 dou3 gei6
- 你妒忌nei5 dou3 gei6
- 妒忌我dou3 gei6 ngo5
- 妒嫉dou3 zat6
to be jealous of (sb's achievements etc)
- 天妒英才tin1 dou3 jing1 coi4
heaven is jealous of heroic genius (idiom); the great have great hardship to contend with
- 羨慕妒忌sin6 mou6 dou3 gei6
- 妒能害賢dou3 nang4 hoi6 jin4
jealous of the able, envious of the clever (idiom)
- 羨慕嫉妒恨sin6 mou6 zat6 dou3 han6
to be green with envy (neologism c. 2009)
- 妒火中燒dou3 fo2 zung1 siu1
it describes people who become really emotional because of strong jealousy; burining with jealousy
- 妒賢忌能dou3 jin4 gei6 nang4
- 妒賢嫉能dou3 jin4 zat6 nang4
see 嫉賢妒能|嫉贤妒能[ji2 xian2 du4 neng2]
- 嫉賢妒能zat6 jin4 dou3 nang4
(idiom) to envy the virtuous and talented
- 羨慕妒忌恨sin6 mou6 dou3 gei6 han6