道
Meanings
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- 1.road; path (CL:条[tiáo],股[gǔ])
- 2.(bound form) way; reason; principle
- 3.(bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
- 4.(Daoism) the Way; the Dao
- 5.to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
- 6.(bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
- 7.classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
- 8.(old) circuit (administrative division)
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Wiktionary
- 1.way; path; road
- 2.circuit: an administrative division of late imperial China comprising 2 or more commanderies
- 3.a Korean province
- 4.a Japanese prefecture
- 5.track
- 6.method; principle
- 7.the Marga; the Way of bodhi or enlightenment leading to nirvana through spiritual stages
- 8.the Way; the Tao; the Dao: the way of nature and/or the ideal way to live one's life
- 9.Logos; the Word
- 10.doctrine; teachings
- 11.sermon (Classifier: 堂 m c)
- 12.to say; to utter
- 13.Classifier for long things.
- 14.Classifier for barriers.
- 15.Classifier for courses in a meal: dish
- 16.Classifier for questions (in an exam), orders or proclamations.
- 17.a surname
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Etymology
In the bronze inscriptions, a phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *l'uːʔ): semantic 行 (“street”) + phonetic 𩠐 (OC *hljuʔ, *hljus) + semantic 止 (“foot”). The 亍 on the right eventually disappeared, leading to the semantic components combining into 辵 in the seal script. Possibly derived from 導 (OC *duːs, “to go along, to bring along, to conduct”): * > "to explain" > "to talk about", and * > "road, way". Possibly cognate with Proto-Hmong-Mien *kləuX (“road, way”) (> White Hmong kev (“road”)). See also 首 (OC *hljuʔ, *hljus).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
他们分道而行。
They went their separate ways.
你在正確的軌道上。
You're on the right track.
請給我靠走道的位子。
I'd like an aisle seat, please.
他們從巴西遠道而來。
They came all the way from Brazil.
他順道去了這家書店。
He dropped in at the bookstore.
他從芝加哥遠道而來了。
He came all the way from Chicago.
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Derived terms
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