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道
dào
1.
direction
2.
way
3.
road
4.
path
5.
CL:[[條|条<tiáo>]], [[股<gǔ>]]
6.
principle
7.
truth
8.
morality
9.
reason
10.
skill
11.
method
12.
Dao (of Daoism)
13.
to say
14.
to speak
15.
to talk
16.
classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, books in a meal, steps in a process
17.
province (of Korea or Japan)
Very Common • Top 0%
✏️ 13 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
一道
yīdào
together
世道
shìdào
the ways of the world
乱道
luàndào
see [[亂說|乱说<luànshuō>]]
二道
Èrdào
Erdao district of Changchun city [[長春市|长春市]], Jilin
人道
réndào
human sympathy
布道
bùdào
sermon
便道
biàndào
pavement
信道
xìndào
signal path
修道
xiūdào
to practice Daoism
假道
jiǎdào
via
传道
chuándào
to lecture on doctrine
入道
rùdào
to enter the Way
公道
gōngdào
justice
公道
gōngdao
fair
冥道
míngdào
the gateway to the ghost world
出道
chūdào
to make one's first public performance (of an entertainer etc)
剑道
jiàndào
kendō (sports)
力道
lìdào
strength
劫道
jiédào
to kidnap
匝道
zādào
freeway ramp
Example Sentences (5)
上次女儿问我飞机是怎么起飞和降落的，真不知道该怎么回答她，她现在总是有各种各样的“为什么”。
Shàngcì nǚ'ér wèn wǒ fēijī shì zěnme qǐfēi hé jiàngluò de, zhēn bù zhīdào gāi zěnme huídá tā, tā xiànzài zǒngshì yǒu gèzhǒng gèyàng de "wèishénme".
Last time my daughter asked me how airplanes take off and land, I really didn't know how to answer her. Now she always has all kinds of "whys".
Text 1
谢谢您！现在有很多事情等着我做，真不知道该先做哪个好。
Xièxiè nín! Xiànzài yǒu hěn duō shìqing děngzhe wǒ zuò, zhēn bù zhīdào gāi xiān zuò nǎ ge hǎo.
Thank you! I have a lot to do right now, and I really don't know which one to do first.
Text 2
价格还可以，就是不知道质量有没有保证。
Jiàgé hái kěyǐ, jiùshì bù zhīdào zhìliàng yǒu méiyǒu bǎozhèng.
The price is okay, but I don't know if the quality is guaranteed.
Text 1
是啊，我觉得听和说还可以，读和写不好，很多字我都不知道什么意思。
Shì a, wǒ juéde tīng hé shuō hái kěyǐ, dú hé xiě bù hǎo, hěn duō zì wǒ dōu bù zhīdào shénme yìsi.
Yeah, I think listening and speaking are okay, but reading and writing are not good. I don't know what many characters mean.
Text 3
太好了！不过她这么小，我不知道她是否能读懂。
Tài hǎo le! Búguò tā zhème xiǎo, wǒ bù zhīdào tā shìfǒu néng dúdǒng.
That's great! But she's so young, I don't know whether she can read and understand.
Text 1
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 51
- Word Frequency Rank
- 283 of 84,292