DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

志得意滿

简志得意满 · 繁志得意滿

Mandarin · pinyin zhì dé yì mǎn

fully content with one's achievements (idiom)
complacent

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

志: zhì · purpose, will, determination; annals
得: dé · obtain, get, gain, acquire
意: yì · thought, idea, opinion; think
滿: mǎn · fill; full, satisfied
满: mǎn · fill; full, satisfied

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–2–4–3 · zhi4 de2 yi4 man3

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

5character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

志得意滿 · find source passages ↗ · 志得意满 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zi3 dak1 ji3 mun5

Cantonese word readings for 志得意滿. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

phrase

(idiomatic) smug; complacent; self-satisfied

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack