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
to be not worth mentioning
not worth mentioning; of no consequence; inconsiderable
moderation in all things; doctrine of the mean
Erdao district of Changchun city cháng chūn shì, Jilin
Erdao district of Changchun city cháng chūn shì, Jilin
Erdao district of Changchun city cháng chūn shì, Jilin
Erdaojiang district of Tonghua city tōng huà shì, Jilin
Erdaojiang district of Tonghua city tōng huà shì, Jilin
Erdaojiang district of Tonghua city tōng huà shì, Jilin
middleman; buyer and seller
middleman; buyer and seller
Way of the Celestial Master
Wudaokou neighborhood of Beijing
TW highway interchange; (fig.) channel of communication
Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, surrounding Seoul and Incheon, capital Suweon City shuǐ yuán shì
pedestrian underpass
pedestrian crossing
crosswalk; pedestrian crossing with zebra stripes
crosswalk; pedestrian crossing with zebra stripes
humanitarian (aid); humanism
humanitarian aid
mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical
mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical