dào dao

to say; to speak; to talk

Character data

HSK 2
Frequency 52nd character
Radical ⾡ (162.9)
Strokes 12
Index # 2745

Definitions

道 dào
  1. 1. to say
  2. 2. to speak
  3. 3. to talk
  4. 4. method
  5. 5. reason
  6. 6. path
  7. 7. road
  8. 8. principle
  9. 9. truth
  10. 10. morality
  11. 11. skill
  12. 12. Dao (of Daoism)
  13. 13. 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
  14. 14. (old) circuit (administrative division)
  15. 15. CL tiáo,

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Words containing 道

Word Meaning
like-minded (idiom); kindred spirit; fellow enthusiast
Gangwon Province in South or North Korea
to start one's career
to ask the way; to ask
one-way street
inhuman
fast lane
to practice Daoism
Hokkaidō, Japan
bushidō or way of the warrior, samurai code of chivalry
brutal and unfeeling; inhuman (idiom)
to change route; to divert (a road or a watercourse)
to commend; to praise
statecraft; benevolent rule
fairway (golf); lane (ten-pin bowling)
can talk really well (idiom); the gift of the gab
to rebel against orthodoxy
urethra; urinary tract
aqueduct; sewer
signal path
corridor; passageway (in storied building)
to discuss sth enthusiastically
Dalton (name)
side road; byway
ballistic missile