dào
Radical 144 · 16 strokes

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 meanings
MEANING8 meanings

MEANING

  1. measure word

    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(inherited)

    用来计数长条形的东西、障碍物、问题、命令或菜肴等的词yònglái jìshù zhǎngtiáoxíng de dōngxi、zhàngài wù、wèntí、mìnglìng huò càiyáo děng de cí

  2. noun

    road; path(inherited)

    两地之间可以走的路liǎng dì zhī jiān kěyǐ zǒu de lù

    • This road is very long.

  3. noun

    (bound form) way; reason; principle(inherited)

    通往某地的路;也指事物的方法或原理tōngwǎng mǒudì de lù; yě zhǐ shìwù de fāngfǎ huò yuánlǐ

    • This principle is very simple.

  4. verb

    (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)(inherited)

    用言语表达或说出来yòng yányǔ biǎodá huò shuōchūlái

    • Please say thank you.

  5. verb

    to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)(inherited)

    说话;讲述;用于引述别人的话语shuōhuà;jiǎngshù;yònyú yǐnshù biéren de huàyǔ

    • He said: "I'm doing very well."

  6. noun

    (Daoism) the Way; the Dao(inherited)

    中国古代哲学思想,认为是自然和宇宙的根本原理zhōngguó gǔdài zhéxué sīxiǎng, rènwéi shì zìrán hé yǔzhòu de gēnběn yuánlǐ

    • Daoism is a part of traditional Chinese culture.

  7. noun

    (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization(inherited)

    某种专门的技能或手艺mǒuzhǒng zhuānmèn de jìnéng huò shǒuyì

    • He learned many skills.

  8. noun

    (old) circuit (administrative division)(inherited)

    古代的行政区域,管理多个县gǔdài de xíngzhèng qūyù, guǎnlǐ duōge xiàn

    • This road is very long.

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