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导

dǎo

HSK 4 Character Traditional 導

What 导 means

1. to transmit
2. to lead
3. to guide
4. to conduct
5. to direct

Example sentences

• 他误导了她。
  Tā wùdǎo le tā.
  He misled her.
• 不要怪导游。
  Don't blame the tour guide.
• 污秽导致疾病。
  Wūhuì dǎozhì jíbìng.
  Filth breeds illnesses.
• 感谢您的指导！
  I am very grateful to you for your advice.
• 我们需要指导。
  We need directions.
• 有领导潜力吗？
  Do you have leadership potential?

Words starting with 导

• 导游dǎo yóutour guide; guidebook; to conduct a tour
• 导致dǎo zhìto lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about
• 导演dǎo yǎnto direct; director (film etc)
• 导航dǎo háng(lit. and fig.) to navigate
• 导弹dǎo dàn(guided) missile
• 导向dǎo xiàngto be oriented towards; orientation
• 导师dǎo shītutor; teacher; academic advisor
• 导入dǎo rùto introduce into; to channel; to lead
• 导报dǎo bàoguide (used in newspaper names)
• 导读dǎo dúguide (e.g. book or other printed material)
• 导语dǎo yǔpreamble; introduction; (journalism) lede
• 导火索dǎo huǒ suǒfuse (for explosive)
• 导出dǎo chūto derive; derived; derivation
• 导论dǎo lùnintroduction
• 导火线dǎo huǒ xiànfuse (for explosives); (fig.) proximate cause; the last straw
• 导线dǎo xiànelectrical lead
• 导管dǎo guǎnduct; pipe; conduit; (botany) vessel; (medicine) catheter
• 导言dǎo yánintroduction; preamble
• 导数dǎo shùderivative (math.)
• 导正dǎo zhèng(Taiwan) to guide sb in the right direction; to correct (behavior etc)
• 导护dǎo hù(Taiwan) (of a teacher or parent volunteer) to perform student safety duty, guiding…
• 导电dǎo diànto conduct electricity
• 导体dǎo tǐconductor (of electricity or heat)
• 导入期dǎo rù qīintroductory phase or period

Words containing 导

• 领导lǐng dǎolead; leading; to lead
• 指导zhǐ dǎoto guide; to direct; to instruct; coach; trainer
• 辅导fǔ dǎoto guide; to mentor; to counsel; to coach; to tutor
• 引导yǐn dǎoto guide; to lead (around); to conduct
• 主导zhǔ dǎoleading; dominant; prevailing
• 倡导chàng dǎoto advocate; to initiate; to propose
• 向导xiàng dǎoguide
• 领导人lǐng dǎo rénleader
• 报导bào dǎoto report (in the media); (news) report
• 教导jiào dǎoto instruct; to teach; guidance
• 指导员zhǐ dǎo yuáninstructor; coach; political instructor (in the PLA)
• 辅导员fǔ dǎo yuáncoach (teacher or trainer)
• 辅导班fǔ dǎo bāntutorial class; remedial class; preparatory course
• 误导wù dǎoto mislead; to misguide; misleading
• 领导者lǐng dǎo zhěleader
• 半导体bàn dǎo tǐsemiconductor
• 编导biān dǎoto write and direct (a play, film etc); playwright-director; choreographer-director
• 开导kāi dǎoto talk sb round; to straighten sth out; to enlighten
• 执导zhí dǎoto direct (a film, play etc)
• 领导班子lǐng dǎo bān zileadership group; the leadership
• 博导bó dǎosupervisor of a PhD candidate
• 诱导yòu dǎoto induce; to encourage; to provide guidance; (medicine, chemistry) to induce
• 疏导shū dǎoto dredge; to open up a path for; to remove obstructions
• 领导层lǐng dǎo céngruling class; leaders (of society); oligarchy

Characters that look like 导

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 共gòngcommon; general; to share
• 寻xúnto search; to look for; to seek
• 异yìdifferent; other; hetero-
• 弃qìto abandon; to relinquish; to discard
• 串chuànto string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly
• 吾wú(old) I; my

Sounds the same

Read dǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 岛island
• 蹈to tread on; to trample; to stamp
• 捣to pound; to beat; to hull
• 祷prayer; pray; supplication
• 壔column; cylinder
• 擣stir; to pound
• 禂to pray; prayer
• 嶋variant of 岛; used as second component of Japanese names with phonetic value -shima or…
• 嶌variant of 岛; used in Japanese names with reading -shima or -jima