忌妒

jìdu

verb HSK 7-9 #18,896

Meanings

Both characters relate to jealousy - together they emphasize envious resentment.

HSK 4

不要忌妒别人的成功。

Búyào jìdu biérén de chénggōng.

Don't be jealous of other people's success.

HSK 7-9

她忌妒同事升职了。

Tā jìdu tóngshì shēngzhí le.

She is jealous that her colleague got promoted.

usage

忌妒 and 嫉妒 are near-synonyms and often interchangeable. 嫉妒 is more common in modern usage. Both carry a negative connotation of resentful envy.

mistakes

The 妒 in 忌妒 is read as a light tone (du) in this compound, not dù.

忌 jì

妒 dù