管道

Chinese

		to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe	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. (管道)		管	道
simp. #(管道)		管	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǎndào

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun² dou⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koán-tō͘ / koán-tō

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guang² dao⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǎndào
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎndào
    • Wade–Giles: kuan³-tao⁴
    • Yale: gwǎn-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goandaw
    • Palladius: гуаньдао (guanʹdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun² dou⁶
    • Yale: gún douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun² dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun² dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³⁵ tou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koán-tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: kuán-tōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koafndo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koán-tō
    • Tâi-lô: kuán-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koafndoi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guang² dao⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuáng tău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ tau³⁵/

Noun

管道

1. (literal) pipeline; duct

   地下管道  ―  dìxià guǎndào  ―  underground pipeline

   輸氣管道／输气管道  ―  shūqì guǎndào  ―  gas pipeline

   管道加熱器／管道加热器  ―  guǎndào jiārèqì  ―  ducted heating

2. (figurative) means (especially of communication); channel

   對話管道／对话管道  ―  duìhuà guǎndào  ―  dialogue channel

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)
• 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)
• 道道 (dau³ dau^3-2) (Jin)
• 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)