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道

dǎo

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 導 /导 (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)
alternative form of 導 /导 (dǎo, “to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct”)

Homographs

(bound form) way; reason; principle
(bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
(Daoism) the Way; the Dao
to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
(bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
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
(old) circuit (administrative division)

classifiers: 條, 股

Examples

不知道啊。

I don't know.

Source: Tatoeba

谁不知道的？

Who doesn't know it?

Source: Tatoeba

你不知道吗？

Don't you know?

Source: Tatoeba

我们道了歉。

We apologized.

Source: Tatoeba

怎么不知道呢？

Don't you know how?

Source: Tatoeba

Containing this entry

Wǔdǒumǐ Dào

Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement)
Way of the Celestial Master

Xiánjìng Dào

Hamgyeong Province of Joseon dynasty Korea, now divided into North Hamgyeong Province 咸镜北道 Xiánjìngběidào and South Hamgyeong Province 咸镜南道 Xiánjìngnándào of North Korea

Kēnán· Dàoěr

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), author of the Sherlock Holmes stories 歇洛克·歇洛克·福尔摩斯

Wang Daohan (1915-2005), former president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits

Huarong Road (traditional puzzle involving sliding wooden blocks, loosely based on an episode in Three Kingdoms 三国演义 Sānguó Yǎnyì)

reign name of Qing emperor (1821-1850)

Taokas, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan

see 道外区 Dàowài Qū

Dodge, US automobile brand, division of Chrysler LLC

Dawu county (Tibetan: rta 'u rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州 Gānzī Zàngzúzìzhìzhōu, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)

Daoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi or Lao-tze 老子 Lǎozǐ (c. 500 BC-) and Zhuangzi 庄子 Zhuāngzǐ (369-286 BC)

道拉吉里峰

Dàolājílǐ Fēng

Dhaulagiri, mountain massif in the Himalayas

Dow Jones Industrial Average (abbr. for 道琼斯指数 Dào Qióngsī Zhǐshù)

Taoism
Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs)

Dalton (name)
John Dalton (1766-1844), British scientist who contributed to atomic theory

Dow Jones (stock market index)

see 道真仡佬族苗族自治县 Dàozhēn Gēlǎozú Miáozú Zìzhìxiàn

Dao County or Daoxian, a county in Yongzhou City 永州市 Yǒngzhōu Shì, Hunan

see 道里区 Dàolǐ Qū

Taoist priest
Daoist priest

Yángguān Dào

same as 阳关大道 Yángguān Dàdào

忧道不忧贫

yōudàobùyōupín

Jiāngyuán Dào

shàngshuǐdào

Píng'ānběidào

Píng'ānnándào

Huánghǎiběidào

Huánghǎinándào

Liǎngjiāng Dào

dàotīngtúshuō

菩提道灯论

Pútí Dào Dēng Lùn

dàomào'ànrán

Kǒng-Mèngzhīdào

zhǐmíngdàoxìng

dàozàishǐniào

dao⁴daor⁴⁻¹

shìshuāidàowēi

反弹道导弹

fǎndàndàodǎodàn

短道竞速滑冰

duǎndàojìngsùhuábīng

shénshendāodāo

chēngxiōngdàodì

zūnshīzhòngdào

死都不知道怎麼死的

sǐdōubùzhīdàozěnmesǐde

非机动车道

fēijīdòngchēdào

jīdòngchēdào

普里道利世

Pǔlǐdàolì Shì

zuò'érlùndào

反其道而行

fǎnqídàoérxíng

chēnggūdàoguǎ

dūdàofǔxiàn

wěiwěidàolái