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

消化 xiāo huà dào digestive tract
出 dào chū to speak; to tell; to voice
学 dào xué Confucian study of ethics; study of Daoism; school for Daoism in Tang and Song times; Daoist magic; another name for 理學|理学, rational learning of Song dynasty neo-Confucianism
hé dào river course; river channel
贺 dào hè to congratulate
huáng dào the ecliptic (the plane of the solar system)
便 biàn dào pavement; sidewalk; shortcut; makeshift road
tóng dào same principle
林荫 lín yìn dào boulevard; avenue; mall
人行横 rén xíng héng dào pedestrian crossing
guó dào national highway
kēng dào mine shaft; gallery; tunnel
pō dào road on a slope; inclined path; ramp
qīng dào to clean the street; to clear the road (i.e. get rid of people for passage of royalty or VIP)
shēng dào sound track; audio channel
jìn dào shortcut; a quicker method
阳关 yáng guān dào same as 陽關大道|阳关大道[Yang2 guan1 Da4 dao4]
反其而行之 fǎn qí dào ér xíng zhī to do the very opposite; to act in a diametrically opposite way
qǔ dào via; by way of; en route to
地地 dì dì dào dào thoroughgoing; authentic; 100%; to the core
dāng dào in the middle of the road; to be in the way; to hold power; (fig.) to predominate; to be in vogue
mén dào doorway; gateway
mén dao the way to do sth; knack
kāi dào to clear the way
头头是 tóu tóu shì dào clear and logical