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HSK 5
HSK 6
HSK 5
HSK 5
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)
夹道
jiādào
a narrow street (lined with walls)
乐道
lèdào
to take delight in talking about sth
坑道
kēngdào
mine shaft
失道
shīdào
to lose the way
布道
bùdào
to preach (the Christian gospel)
栈道
zhàndào
plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff
同道
tóngdào
same principle
地道
dìdao
authentic
墓道
mùdào
path leading to a grave
天道
tiāndào
natural law
宣道
xuāndào
to preach (the gospel)
岔道
chàdào
side road
抄道
chāodào
to take a shortcut
故道
gùdào
old road
力道
lìdào
strength
公道
gōngdào
justice
国道
guódào
national highway
地道
dìdào
tunnel
坡道
pōdào
road on a slope
报道
bàodào
to report (news)
Example Sentences (2)
是啊，你不知道？我上个月就搬家了，走路二十分钟就到。
Shì a, nǐ bù zhī dào? Wǒ shàng gè yuè jiù bān jiā le, zǒu lù èr shí fēn zhōng jiù dào.
Yeah, you didn’t know? I moved last month; it’s only a 20-minute walk.
Text 3
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
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 51
- Word Frequency Rank
- 283 of 84,292