đạo
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 道 (“road; way”).
Noun edit
đạo
- (formal) a code of conduct
- đạo làm con ― how to behave as a child
- đạo làm người ― humanity
- nhân đạo ― humanitarian
- phải đạo ― righteous
- Công cha như núi Thái Sơn,
Nghĩa mẹ như nước trong nguồn chảy ra.
Một lòng thờ mẹ kính cha
Cho tròn chữ hiếu mới là đạo con.- Fathers' deeds are as mountainous as Mount Tai,
Mothers' love is as everlasting as streaming water.
As a child, one is duty bound to worship their mother, to respect their father.
- Fathers' deeds are as mountainous as Mount Tai,
- religion
- đạo Thiên Chúa ― Christianity
- theo đạo ― religious
- (historical and in foreign placenames) province
- Giang Nguyên Đạo ― Gangwon province
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 盜 (“to steal”).
Verb edit
đạo
- (art) to rip off; to plagiarize
- đạo nhạc ― to rip off someone else's music
- đạo văn ― to rip off someone else's written piece or writing style
- đạo tranh ― to rip off someone else's painting
Derived terms edit
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