Chinese symbol for “derby”

德比

dé bǐ

(sports) (loanword) derby (contest between local rivals)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for derby is 德比 (dé bǐ), defined as: (sports) (loanword) derby (contest between local rivals).

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Characters and stroke order

德 dé

ethics, morality; compassion, kindness

radical 60 ⼻ · 15 strokes

比 bǐ

to compare, liken; comparison; than

radical 81 ⽐ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 德比.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
道德	dào dé	virtue; morality
品德	pǐn dé	moral character
美德	měi dé	virtue
拉德	lā dé	rad (unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation) (loanword)
德行	dé xíng	morality and conduct; Taiwan pr. [de2 xing4]
比较 (比較)	bǐ jiào	to compare; to contrast
比赛 (比賽)	bǐ sài	competition (sports etc); match
比如	bǐ rú	for example; for instance; such as

See also: Japanese symbol for “derby”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.