道法

Chinese

		direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
trad. (道法)		道	法
simp. #(道法)		道	法

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàofǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄈㄚˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàofǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàofǎ
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-fa³
    • Yale: dàu-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawfaa
    • Palladius: даофа (daofa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

道法

1. (literary) reason and law; logic and law
2. (literary) ways of Heaven; rules of Heaven
3. (Taoism) Taoist teachings
4. (Taoism) Taoist spells
5. Short for 道德 (dàodé) + 法治 (fǎzhì): “ethics and rules of law”.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (道法):

• → Japanese: 道法(どうほう) (dōhō)
• → Korean: 도법(道法) (dobeop)
• → Vietnamese: đạo pháp (道法)