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 (ABC 'dào' 道 n, p. 172; 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 (ABC 'dào' 道 bf 2, p. 172; GHC '道' 3; NCCED '道' 4) -
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 (ABC 'dào' 道 m, p. 172; 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: (ABC 'dào' 道 v 1, p. 172; NCCED '道' v 1; Kroll 2015 '道' 6) -
dào
verb
to think
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'dào' 道 v 2, p. 172; 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
circuit; a province
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense, 道 refers to an adminsistrative area in Tang dynasty times. This sense is still used in modern day Korea as a Hanja word (ABC 'dào' 道 bf 7, p. 172; NCCED '道' v 4; ; Kroll 2015 '道' 7). -
dào
noun
a course; a channel
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geography
Notes: As in a water course (ABC 'dào' 道 bf 1, p. 172; 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 (ABC 'dào' 道 bf 2, p. 172; 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 (ABC 'dào' 道 bf 3, p. 172; Kroll 2015 '道' 5; NCCED '道' n 5) -
dào
proper noun
Taoism; Daoism
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Taoism
Notes: (ABC 'dào' 道 bf 4, p. 172; 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: (ABC 'dào' 道 bf 5, p. 172; NCCED '道' n 8)
Contained in
- 道喜 to congratulate
- 内耳道(內耳道) internal auditory meatus (canal in temporal bone of skull housing auditory nerves)
- 航道 waterway; shipping route
- 饿殍载道(餓殍載道) starved corpses fill the roads; state of famine
- 夫子自道 appearing to be praising others while actually praising yourself
- 妖道 a dark magician
- 蜀道 Sichuan [mountain] road
- 道一 same principle
- 广道德之端(廣道德之端) extend the elements of virtue
- 女修道 convent
- 轨道舱(軌道艙) orbital module; orbital cabin
- 道里辽远(道里遼遠) a distant journey
- 皇道 Imperial laws
- 要言妙道 essential theories and profound principles
- 装饰道具(裝飾道具) (theater) set dressing; trim prop
- 慕道友 religious investigator
- 当道(當道) to block the road ; the middle of the road ; the occupy a strategic position
- 声道(聲道) the vocal tract
- 医道(醫道) art of healing; medical skill
- 弹道(彈道) trajectory of a projectile; ballistic
- 江湖道义(江湖道義) martial arts code of honor; triad code of honor
- 产道(產道) birth canal
- 塑胶跑道(塑膠跑道) synthetic athletics track; tartan track
- 鸣锣开道(鳴鑼開道) to beat the gong to clear the way; to pave the way for
- 失道 to lose the way; unjust; moral failing
- 道士 a devotee; a practioner; a follower; a monk; a Confucian scholar ; a Taoist scholar
- 架空索道 aerial ropeway; cable car
- 劫道 to kidnap; to hijack
- 伤道(傷道) wound track (the path of a bullet through the body)
- 就道 to set off; to take to the road
- 怪道 no wonder!
- 循天之道 the way of following heaven
- 静止轨道(靜止軌道) a geostationary orbit
- 传道者(傳道者) missionary; preacher
- 开锣喝道(開鑼喝道) to clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly
- 纤道(縴道) towpath (along a canal)
- 林荫道(林蔭道) boulevard; avenue; mall
- 公共道德 public morality; social ethics
Also contained in
驰道 、 河北道 、 道光 、 冯道 、 武士道 、 尼干陀子外道 、 丝道 、 咸镜道 、 大爱道 、 道树 、 滴道区 、 十善业道 、 魔道
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: 241
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 160
- 第五十三回 Chapter 53 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 154
- 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: 152
- 第三十九回 Chapter 39 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 145
- 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
- 第二回 Chapter 28 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 140
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 道尽 (道儘) 展道盡矣 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3