要道

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	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. (要道)		要	道
simp. #(要道)		要	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàodào

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ dou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàu-tō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàodào
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàodào
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴-tao⁴
    • Yale: yàu-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawdaw
    • Palladius: яодао (jaodao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu³ dou⁶
    • Yale: yiu douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ tou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-tō
    • Tâi-lô: iàu-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iao'doi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ to²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ to⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ to²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iau¹¹⁻⁵³ to³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau²¹⁻⁴¹ tɤ³³/

Noun

要道

1. thoroughfare; strategic road; major road

   交通要道  ―  jiāotōng yàodào  ―  main road

2. (figurative) cardinal principle

Derived terms

• 妙言要道