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道

dào

HSK 2 Character Measure word 条、股

What 道 means

1. road; path
2. bound formway; reason; principle
3. bound forma skill; an art; a specialization
4. Daoismthe Way; the Dao
5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
6. bound formto express; to extend (polite words)
7. 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
8. oldcircuit (administrative division)

Example sentences

• 道歉。
  Apologize.
• 谁知道？
  Who knows?
• 我知道。
  I know.
• 想知道？
  Want to know?
• 不知道。
  Don't know.
• 有道理。
  Yes, that makes sense.

Words starting with 道

• 道歉dào qiànto apologize
• 道理dào lireason; argument; sense
• 道德dào dévirtue; morality; ethics
• 道路dào lùroad; path; way
• 道具dào jù(theater) prop; paraphernalia; (gaming) item; artifact
• 道士dào shìDaoist priest
• 道别dào biéto say goodbye; to bid farewell; to pay a farewell call
• 道义dào yìmorality; righteousness and justice
• 道人dào rénTaoist devotee (honorific)
• 道家Dào jiāDaoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi…
• 道谢dào xièto express thanks
• 道教Dào jiàoTaoism; Daoism
• 道光Dào guāngreign name of Qing emperor (1821-1850)
• 道场dào chǎngTaoist or Buddhist rite; abbr. for 菩提道场
• 道地dào dìauthentic; original
• 道行dào héngskills acquired through religious practice; (fig.) ability; skill
• 道德经Dào dé jīngthe Book of Dao by Laozi or Lao-Tze, the sacred text of Daoism
• 道貌岸然dào mào àn ránsanctimonious; dignified
• 道听途说dào tīng tú shuōgossip; hearsay; rumor
• 道德观dào dé guānone's perspective on morality
• 道观dào guànDaoist temple
• 道学dào xuéConfucian study of ethics; study of Daoism; school for Daoism in Tang and Song times
• 道白dào báispoken lines in opera
• 道台dào tái(Ming and Qing dynasties) daotai…

Words containing 道

• 知道zhī dàoto know; to become aware of; also pr. zhī dao
• 街道jiē dàostreet; subdistrict; residential district
• 报道bào dàoto report (news); report
• 难道nán dàodon't tell me ...; could it be that...?
• 味道wèi daoflavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest…
• 说道shuō dàoto state; to say (the quoted words)
• 频道pín dàofrequency; (television) channel
• 地道dì daoauthentic; genuine; proper
• 打交道dǎ jiāo dàoto come into contact with; to have dealings
• 渠道qú dàoirrigation ditch; (fig.) channel; avenue
• 轨道guǐ dàotrack (for trains etc); orbit (of a satellite); (fig.) a person's established path in life
• 隧道suì dàotunnel
• 公道gōng dàojustice; fairness; public highway
• 人道rén dàohuman sympathy; humanitarianism; humane
• 霸道bà dàothe Way of the Hegemon; abbr. for 霸王之道; despotic rule
• 微不足道wēi bù zú dào(idiom) negligible; insignificant
• 赤道chì dàoequator (of the earth or a celestial body); celestial equator
• 东道主dōng dào zhǔhost; official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
• 任重道远rèn zhòng dào yuǎna heavy load and a long road; fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle…
• 一道yī dàotogether
• 问道wèn dàoto ask the way; to ask
• 通道tōng dào(communications) channel; thoroughfare; passage
• 大道dà dàomain street; avenue
• 写道xiě dàoto write (used before or after a quoted passage)

Characters that look like 道

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

• 谨jǐncautious; careful; solemnly
• 遣qiǎn(bound form) to dispatch; to send; (bound form) to drive away; to dispel
• 漠mòdesert; unconcerned
• 逮dài(literary) to reach; used in 逮捕
• 逼bīto force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for
• 遛liùto stroll; to walk (an animal)

Sounds the same

Read dào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 到to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
• 盗to steal; to rob; to plunder
• 悼to mourn; to lament
• 稻paddy; rice (Oryza sativa)
• 倒to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump
• 纛big banner; feather banner or fan
• 焘cover over; to envelope
• 翿feather banner or fan
• 帱canopy
• 稲variant of 稻
• 衟old variant of 道