迂道

Chinese

		literal-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
trad. (迂道)		迂	道
simp. #(迂道)		迂	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yūdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄩ ㄉㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yūdào
    • Zhuyin: ㄩ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yudào
    • Wade–Giles: yü¹-tao⁴
    • Yale: yū-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iudaw
    • Palladius: юйдао (jujdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hju|'ju|'juX dawX

Rime
Character	迂	迂	迂	道
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	影 (34)	影 (34)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)	虞 (24)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III	I
Fanqie	羽俱切	憶俱切	於武切	徒晧切
Baxter	hju	'ju	'juX	dawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɨo/	/ʔɨo/	/ʔɨoX/	/dɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦio/	/ʔio/	/ʔioX/	/dɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣio/	/ʔio/	/ʔioX/	/dɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuə̆/	/ʔuə̆/	/ʔuə̆X/	/dawX/
Li Rong	/ɣio/	/ʔio/	/ʔioX/	/dɑuX/
Wang Li	/ɣĭu/	/ĭu/	/ĭuX/	/dɑuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯u/	/ʔi̯u/	/ʔi̯uX/	/dʱɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú	yū	yǔ	dào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4	jyu1	jyu2	dou6

Verb

迂道

1. (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.]
     适归故乡，迂道往访，则仅晤一人，言病者其弟也。 [MSC, simp.]

     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.

2. (archaic) byway