妒忌

dùjì

verb #8,295

Meanings

1 to be jealous of; to envy

Characters

jealous; envious

to envy; to resent

Both characters carry the meaning of jealousy, reinforcing the intensity of the feeling.

Examples

HSK 4

不要妒忌别人的成功。

Búyào dùjì biéren de chénggōng.

Don't be envious of others' success.

HSK 7-9

她妒忌同事的升职。

Tā dùjì tóngshì de shēngzhí.

She's jealous of her colleague's promotion.

Tips

usage

妒忌 and 嫉妒 (jídù) mean the same thing - jealousy - but 妒忌 is slightly more colloquial while 嫉妒 is more common overall. Notice 妒 appears in both words. Both characters 妒 and 嫉 have the 女 (woman) radical, reflecting an old sexist bias in the language.

Stroke Order

妒 dù

忌 jì