dào dao

path, road, street; method, way

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

WORDS

志同合 zhì tóng dào hé like-minded (idiom); fellow enthusiast; kindred spirit
江原 jiāng yuán dào Gangwon Province of Korea during Joseon Dynasty; Kangwon province of North Korea; Gangwon province in northeast South Korea, capital Chuncheon 春川[Chun1 chuan1]
chū dào to make one's first public performance (of an entertainer etc); to start one's career
wèn dào to ask the way; to ask
单行 dān xíng dào one-way street
不人 bù rén dào inhuman
快车 kuài chē dào fast lane
xiū dào to practice Daoism
北海 běi hǎi dào Hokkaidō, Japan
武士 wǔ shì dào bushidō or way of the warrior, samurai code of chivalry
惨无人 cǎn wú rén dào inhuman (idiom); brutal and unfeeling
gǎi dào to change route; to divert (a road or a watercourse)
chēng dào to commend; to praise
wáng dào the Way of the King; statecraft; benevolent rule; virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道
qiú dào fairway (golf); lane (ten-pin bowling)
能说会 néng shuō huì dào can talk really well (idiom); the gift of the gab
离经叛 lí jīng pàn dào to rebel against orthodoxy; to depart from established practices
尿 niào dào urethra; urinary tract
shuǐ dào aqueduct; sewer
xìn dào signal path
lóu dào corridor; passageway (in storied building)
津津乐 jīn jīn lè dào to discuss sth enthusiastically
尔顿 dào ěr dùn Dalton (name); John Dalton (1766-1844), British scientist who contributed to atomic theory
chà dào side road; byway
导弹 dàn dào dǎo dàn ballistic missile