道 dào dao

path, road, street; method, way

HSK 2 #52

DEFINITIONS

道 dào
  • road
  • path
  • CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]
  • principle
  • truth
  • morality
  • reason
  • skill
  • method
  • Dao (of Daoism)
  • to say
  • to speak
  • to talk
  • classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
  • (old) circuit (administrative division)

STROKES

道 stroke order diagram
道 stroke order animation

WORDS

知道 zhī dào
HSK 2
to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1 dao5]
街道 jiē dào
HSK 3
street; CL:條|条[tiao2]; subdistrict; residential district
难道 nán dào
HSK 4
don't tell me ...; could it be that...?
道歉 dào qiàn
HSK 4
to apologize
味道 wèi dao
HSK 4
flavor; smell; hint of
报道 bào dào
HSK 5
to report (news); report; CL:篇[pian1],份[fen4]
道理 dào li
HSK 5
reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification; CL:個|个[ge4]
频道 pín dào
HSK 5
frequency; (television) channel
道德 dào dé
HSK 5
virtue; morality; ethics; CL:種|种[zhong3]
打交道 dǎ jiāo dào
HSK 5
to come into contact with; to have dealings
地道 dì dào
HSK 5
tunnel; causeway
地道 dì dao
HSK 5
authentic; genuine; proper
隧道 suì dào
HSK 6
tunnel
轨道 guǐ dào
HSK 6
orbit; railway or tram line; fig. conventional way of thinking
公道 gōng dào
HSK 6
justice; fairness; public highway
公道 gōng dao
HSK 6
fair; equitable
渠道 qú dào
HSK 6
irrigation ditch; (fig.) channel; means
微不足道 wēi bù zú dào
HSK 6
negligible; insignificant
人道 rén dào
HSK 6
human sympathy; humanitarianism; humane; the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism); sexual intercourse
霸道 bà dào
HSK 6
the Way of the Hegemon; abbr. for 霸王之道; despotic rule; rule by might; evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道; overbearing; tyranny; (of liquor, medicine etc) strong; potent
赤道 chì dào
HSK 6
equator (of the earth or astronomical body)
任重道远 rèn zhòng dào yuǎn
HSK 6
a heavy load and a long road; fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)
东道主 dōng dào zhǔ
HSK 6
host; official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
大道 dà dào main street; avenue
道路 dào lù road; path; way; CL:條|条[tiao2]
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