どう

See also: とう

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JapaneseEdit

AdverbEdit

どう (rōmaji dō)

1. 如何: in what manner?

See alsoEdit

Japanese demonstratives

	ko- “this” (close to speaker)	so- “that” (close to listener)	a- “that over there” (far from both)	do- “which” (indeterminate, question)
Object	これ (kore)	それ (sore)	あれ (are)	どれ (dore)
	これら (korera)	それら (sorera)	あれら (arera)	—
Determiner	この (kono)	その (sono)	あの (ano)	どの (dono)
	これらの (korera no)	それらの (sorera no)	あれらの (arera no)	—
Kind	こんな (konna)	そんな (sonna)	あんな (anna)	どんな (donna)
Place	ここ (koko)	そこ (soko)	あそこ (asoko)*	どこ (doko)
Direction	こちら (kochira)	そちら (sochira)	あちら (achira)	どちら (dochira)
	こっち (kotchi)	そっち (sotchi)	あっち (atchi)	どっち (dotchi)
Human	こいつ (koitsu)	そいつ (soitsu)	あいつ (aitsu)	どいつ (doitsu)
Manner	こう (kō)	そう (sō)	ああ (ā)**	どう (dō)
* irregular ** regular (long vowel)

Usage notesEdit

• The hiragana spelling (どう) is preferred to the kanji spelling (如何), which is rarely used.

SynonymsEdit

• いかが (ikaga)

Derived termsEdit

• どうか (dōka)
• どうも (dōmo)
• どういう (dōiu)

InterjectionEdit

どう (rōmaji dō)

1. Casual greeting: Howdy? What's new? What's up?

   どう？まあまあ

   Dō? Māmā

   Howdy? So-so.

2. Casual question: It works? Is it OK?

   どう？いいんじゃない

   Dō? Ii n ja nai

   It works? Seems OK.

3. Call out to horses or cows to control/stop them: ho! hoy!

NounEdit

どう (rōmaji dō)

1. 胴: body, torso, trunk
2. 動: movement, action
3. 堂: hall, temple, building
4. 筒: hub (central part of a wheel)
5. 道: way
6. 銅: copper
7. 幢:
8. 鐃: in ancient China, a gong used in the army to signal the drumming to stop; (Buddhism) a kind of gong used at Buddhist temples

PrefixEdit

どう (rōmaji dō-)

1. 同: same

SuffixEdit

どう (rōmaji -dō)

1. 堂: hall, temple, building