道 dào
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dào
noun way / road / path
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: 道 is the 69th most frequently used word in the 1985 Beijing Institute of Languages frequency wordlist. In this sense 道 means 道路 (Ho 2002, '道'; NCCED '道' n 1). For example, 风过去了,只剩下直的雨道 'The wind went away and all that was left was the rainy path.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 264) Middle Chinese: daoX. 道 is used in the same sense in literary Chinese (Kroll 2015 '道' 1). For example, 通九道 'made the roads communicable.' (Records of the Historian, Annals of Xia 《史記‧夏本紀》) -
dào
noun
principle / a moral / morality
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 道 means 规律,道理, or 道德 in this sense (NCCED '道' 4; GHC '道' 3). -
dào
proper noun
Tao / the Way
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
Notes: Used in a similar sence in both Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism a doctrinal concept of the fundamental truth and as cultivation of moral character (Yao 2000, p. 26; Kroll 2015 '道' 2a). For example, 率性之謂道 'an accordance with this nature is called The Path of duty.' (Classic of Rites, Doctrine of the Mean 《禮記‧中庸》, translation by Legge 1885) -
dào
measure word
measure word for long things
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: Such as for rivers, rays of sun, etc (NCCED '道' mw 1) For example, 金光一道一道的射出 'golden rays of light radiating out one-by-one' (Lao She, 2003, p. 34) -
dào
verb
to say / to speak / to talk
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '道' v 1; Kroll 2015 '道' 6) -
dào
verb
to think
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '道' v 4; Kroll 2015 '道' 4) -
dào
measure word
times
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: For orders, etc (NCCED '道' mw 3) -
dào
noun
the path leading to the cessation of suffering
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: mārga, Pāli: magga; For example, 八正道 'Noble Eightfold Path.' -
dào
noun
circuit / a province
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense, 道 refers to an adminsistrative area in Tang dynasty times (NCCED '道' v 4; ; Kroll 2015 '道' 7). This sense is still used in modern day Korea as a Hanja word. -
dào
noun
a course / a channel
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geography
Notes: As in a water course (NCCED '道' n 2) -
dào
noun
a method / a way of doing something
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 道 means 方法 in this sense (NCCED '道' n 3; Kroll 2015 '道' 3; GHC '道' 2). -
dào
measure word
measure word for doors and walls
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (NCCED '道' mw 2) -
dào
measure word
measure word for courses of a meal
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (NCCED '道' mw 3) -
dào
measure word
a centimeter
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: Informal (NCCED '道' mw 4) -
dào
noun
a doctrine
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Informal (NCCED '道' n 5; Kroll 2015 '道' 5) -
Dào
proper noun
Taoism / Daoism
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Taoism
Notes: (NCCED '道' n 6) -
dào
noun
a skill
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '道' n 7; Kroll 2015 '道' 4) -
dào
noun
a sect
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '道' n 8) -
dào
noun
a line
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '道' n 8)
Contained in
- 志同道合 like-minded / fellow enthusiast / kindred spirit
- 轨道交通(軌道交通) metro / rapid transit / subway
- 道破 to expose / to reveal
- 地地道道 thoroughgoing / authentic
- 吾道穷(吾道窮) my way is finished
- 饷道(餉道) supply lines
- 羊肠小道(羊腸小道) road as twisty as sheep's intestine / narrow and winding road / complicated and tricky job
- 报道摄影师(報道攝影師) photojournalist
- 载道(載道) to fill the road (also fig. clamor, cries of complaint) / to communicate a moral / to convey the Way / to express (idea, preference, complaint)
- 道德经(道德經) Daode Jing / Tao Te Ching
- 大道 main street ; a great purpose ; great way / great Path / great enlightenment
- 肠胃道(腸胃道) digestive tract
- 赛道 race course ; race course
- 记者报道(記者報道) press report
- 不人道 inhuman
- 难道(難道) don't tell me ...
- 黄海南道(黃海南道) South Hwanghae Province of west North Korea
- 综合报道(綜合報道) comprehensive report / consolidated report
- 惨无人道(慘無人道) inhuman / brutal and unfeeling
- 鸣锣开道(鳴鑼開道) to beat the gong to clear the way / to pave the way for
- 道者 a court official ; a devotee / a practioner / a follower / a monk
- 桩构栈道(樁構棧道) pile trestle
- 家道 the economic condition of a family
- 胃绕道(胃繞道) gastric bypass
- 平交道 level crossing
- 快行道 fast lane / express lane
- 阴道(陰道) vagina
- 反人道罪行 crime against humanity
- 道远(道遠) great distance
- 传输通道(傳輸通道) transport channel
- 饿莩载道(餓莩載道) starved corpses fill the roads / state of famine
- 茶道 tea ceremony / sado
- 穴道 acupuncture point / acupoint
Also contained in
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Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 303
- 卷七十五 志第五十一 職官四 Volume 75 Treatises 51: Official Posts 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 240
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 156
- 第二回 Chapter 40 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 153
- 第四十七回 Chapter 47 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 151
- 第五十三回 Chapter 53 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 151
- 第二回 Chapter 50 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 145
- 第三十八回 Chapter 38 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 144
- 第三十九回 Chapter 39 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 144
- 第二回 Chapter 28 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 142
Collocations
- 鲁道 (魯道) 魯道有蕩 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧齊‧南山 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qi - Nan Shan — count: 6
- 妇道 (婦道) 化天下以婦道也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧葛覃 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Ge Tan — count: 5
- 道道 (道道) 不以上下道道也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 4
- 使道 (使道) 楚子使道朔將巴客以聘于鄧 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
- 道终 (道終) 先君不以其道終 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
- 在道 (在道) 在道 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
- 足道 (足道) 無足道焉爾 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
- 言道 (言道) 言道也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
- 道阻 (道阻) 道阻且長 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧蒹葭 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Jian Jia — count: 3
- 道微 (道微) 逆之道微 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3