嫉妒 - pronunciation

[bryce1]

大家/Hello everyone!

I have a question about the pronunciation of the word: 嫉妒. In my dictionary, it is listed as ji2du4. However, I have many times heard 嫉 pronounced ji4. It almost sounds like it is "ji4du5".

I was wondering: is this a Beijing pronunciation? Which one is more common/standard? Are both acceptable in standard speech?

Thanks in advance for your help!

[yann]

Hello, in Chinese 嫉妒 and 忌妒 are two words with different pronounciations, but in fact they mean the same.jídì嫉妒，jìdu忌妒。

[yann]

I am sorry,I mistook jídì for jídù嫉妒

[doraemon]

Oh, thanks yann. I've always thought that 嫉妒 was pronounced ji4 du4, but I after reading your correction and checking the dictionary, I just realised that it is ji2 du4. It also says on 百度 that a lot of people confuse 嫉妒 with 忌妒.

Anyway, I tend to pronounce the 妒 in 忌妒 as ji5, even though the word on its own should be ji4.

[bryce1]

Ah, thank you, Yann! In a TV drama I was watching they subtitled 嫉妒 even though they were really saying 忌妒. This all makes sense now, 谢谢！