道道

Chinese

		direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (道道)		道	道
simp. #(道道)		道	道

Pronunciation

• Jin (Wiktionary): dau³ dau^3-2

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• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: dau³ dau^3-2
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tau⁴⁵ tau⁴⁵⁻⁵³/

Noun

道道

1. (Jin) means; solution; way
2. (Jin) line (in a drawing, calligraphy, painting, etc.); contour

Synonyms

• (means):

• 主意
• 作法 (zuòfǎ)
• 做法 (zuòfǎ)
• 卯竅／卯窍 (mao³ qiao⁴) (Sichuanese)
• 套套 (tau³ tau^3-2) (Jin, colloquial)
• 對策／对策 (duìcè)
• 工具 (gōngjù) (figurative)
• 手段 (shǒuduàn)
• 措施 (cuòshī)
• 方式 (fāngshì)
• 方法 (fāngfǎ)
• 法子 (colloquial)
• 法度 (Hokkien)
• 渠道 (qúdào)
• 竅門／窍门 (qiàomén)
• 竅門兒／窍门儿 (qiàoménr)
• 管道 (guǎndào) (figurative, especially of communication)
• 行法 (xíngfǎ) (literary)
• 訣竅／诀窍 (juéqiào)
• 訣要／诀要 (juéyào)
• 路子 (lùzi)
• 路徑／路径 (lùjìng)
• 蹊徑／蹊径 (xījìng) (literary, figurative)
• 辦法／办法 (bànfǎ)
• 途徑／途径 (tújìng)
• 進路／进路 (jìnlù)
• 道理 (dàolǐ)
• 道術／道术 (dàoshù) (literary)
• 門徑／门径 (ménjìng)
• 門路／门路 (ménlù)
• 門道／门道 (méndao)
• 門頭／门头 (méntóu) (literary, figurative)
• 頭路／头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

 

• (line): 線條／线条 (xiàntiáo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
道	道
どう Grade: 2	どう Grade: 2
goon

Etymology 1

道 (“circuit; Hokkaido Prefecture”) +‎ 道 (“road”)

Noun

道(どう)道(どう) • (dōdō) 

1. a Hokkaido prefectural road

See also

• 都(と)道(どう) (todō)
• 府(ふ)道(どう) (fudō)
• 県(けん)道(どう) (kendō)
• 市(し)道(どう) (shidō)
• 町(ちょう)道(どう) (chōdō)
• 村(そん)道(どう) (sondō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
道	道
みち Grade: 2	みち Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Noun

道(みち)道(みち) • (michimichi) 

1. Alternative spelling of 道々