道
dào
“Road” in Chinese is 道 (dào).
Other characters with the syllable dao: see all 13 →
Meaning
- road; path
- bound formway; reason; principle
- bound forma skill; an art; a specialization
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- (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
- to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
- bound formto express; to extend (polite words)
- classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
- (old) circuit (administrative division)
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