迂道
Chinese
editliteral-minded | direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk | ||
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trad. (迂道) | 迂 | 道 | |
simp. #(迂道) | 迂 | 道 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩ ㄉㄠˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yudào
- Wade–Giles: yü1-tao4
- Yale: yū-dàu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iudaw
- Palladius: юйдао (jujdao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /y⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: hju|'ju|'juX dawX
Verb
edit迂道
- (archaic) to divert one's path; to go out of one's way; to alter course
- 適歸故鄉,迂道往訪,則僅晤一人,言病者其弟也。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: Lu Xun, A Madman's Diary, translated by Wikisource
- Shì guī gùxiāng, yūdào wǎng fǎng, zé jǐn wù yī rén, yán bìng zhě qí dì yě. [Pinyin]
- I was on my way back to my hometown at the time, so I diverted my route so that I could visit them. However, I only saw one of them, who explained that the sick person was his younger brother.
适归故乡,迂道往访,则仅晤一人,言病者其弟也。 [MSC, simp.]
- (archaic) byway