1. (bound form) way; reason; principle
2. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
3. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
4. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
5. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
6. 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
7. (old) circuit (administrative division)

classifiers: 條, 股

1. (martial arts) wind-and-fire wheel, weapon used in hand-to-hand fighting
2. (Daoism) a magical pair of wheels on which one can stand to ride at great speed, used by Nezha 哪吒 Nézha
3. (fig.) never-ending treadmill

1. to fly upwards
2. (fig.) to rise; to increase
3. (Daoism) to ascend to heaven; to achieve immortality