嫉 jí jealous
jealous; envious
怎么记住“嫉”: 女 woman + 疾 sickness = jealous. The woman is stuck in bed with a sickness all week while her boyfriend goes dancing without her, and she grows jealous.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
嫉 = 女 woman + 疾 sickness
- 女 woman meaning
- 疾 sickness sound
The woman is stuck in bed with a sickness all week while her boyfriend goes dancing without her, and she grows jealous.
How it came to be
The woman gives the meaning and the part for sickness gives the sound.
用法
- To envy/be jealous: 嫉妒 (jídù) jealousy, 嫉恨 (jíhèn) to hate out of envy.
- 愤世嫉俗 (fènshì-jísú) = cynical, resentful of the world and its ways.
- Pairs with 妒 in the standard word 嫉妒.