嫉妒，忌妒，妒嫉，妒忌？
to be jealous; envy

嫉妒，忌妒，妒嫉，妒忌

Do these four words all have the same meaning? Are there ａｎｙ differences between them? Which one is used the most often?

谢谢！！！

Question

嫉妒，忌妒，妒嫉，妒忌？
to be jealous; envy 

嫉妒，忌妒，妒嫉，妒忌

Do these four words all have the same meaning? Are there ａｎｙ differences between them? Which one is used the most often?

谢谢！！！

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嫉妒，be jealous of, envy
妒忌，忌妒，they are the same meaning, envy those who are more capable and talented, to harbour a grudge against them.
there is no 妒嫉，people make it up

pay attention to the pronounciation
嫉ji2 妒du4
忌ji4 妒du4

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Hello,  happyrabbit.

Wow, even I am a Chinese, I really got dizzy. 嫉妒 is more common. 忌妒 is also right.

妒嫉，妒忌.... I have no idea.

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vanessa, you need to look it up in the dictionary before you answer.
all four words exist. And most important: NO DIFFERENCE at all
but in my own experience, we use 嫉妒 and 忌妒 more than the others.

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Hello happyrabbit,

There are slight differences in the meaning of those terms as follows:

嫉妒   (jidu)to be jealous , to envy
忌妒 (jidu )to be jealous of ,envy
妒  (du) to envy 嫉 (ji) jealousy , be jealous of
妒忌 ( duji) jealous , jealousy

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Sorry for giving the wrong information, but I have looked 现代汉语词典(商务印刷馆）before answer this question，there isn't 妒嫉。