Chinese

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direction; way; method
direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
 
road; path; way
trad. (道路)
simp. #(道路)
2nd round simp. 辺路

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (7) (37)
Final () (89) (23)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter dawX luH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dɑuX/ /luoH/
Pan
Wuyun
/dɑuX/ /luoH/
Shao
Rongfen
/dɑuX/ /loH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/dawX/ /lɔH/
Li
Rong
/dɑuX/ /loH/
Wang
Li
/dɑuX/ /luH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱɑuX/ /luoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dou6 lou6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
dào
Middle
Chinese
‹ dawX › ‹ luH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[kə.l]ˁuʔ/ /*Cə.rˁak-s/
English way road

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11669 3856
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l'uːʔ/ /*ɡ·raːɡs/

Noun

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道路

  1. (literally, figuratively) road
    城市道路  ―  chéngshì dàolù  ―  urban road
    地面道路  ―  dìmiàn dàolù  ―  ground-level road
    高架道路  ―  gāojià dàolù  ―  elevated road
    分離道路分离道路  ―  fēnlí shì dàolù  ―  split road
    主要道路  ―  zhǔyào dàolù  ―  main road
    道路交通信息  ―  dàolù jiāotōng xìnxī  ―  traffic information
    道路作業道路作业  ―  dàolù zuòyè  ―  road work
    注意分離式道路 [MSC, trad.]
    注意分离式道路 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhùyì fēnlíshì dàolù. [Pinyin]
    Split road ahead.
  2. (literally, figuratively) path; way; trail
    鋪平道路铺平道路  ―  pūpíng dàolù  ―  to pave the way
    開闢道路开辟道路  ―  kāipì xīn de dàolù  ―  to blaze new trails
    中國特色社會主義道路 [MSC, trad.]
    中国特色社会主义道路 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhōngguó tèsè shèhuì zhǔyì dàolù [Pinyin]
    a path of socialism with Chinese characteristics

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (道路):
  • Japanese: (どう)() (dōro)
  • Korean: 도로(道路) (doro)

See also

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Japanese

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Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja
 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
 
道路 (dōro): a road.
Kanji in this term
どう
Grade: 2

Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

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/dauro//dɔːro//doːro/

From Middle Chinese 道路 (dɑuX luoH). Compare modern Mandarin 道路 (dàolù), Cantonese 道路 (dou6 lou6).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(どう)() (dōroだうろ (dauro)?

  1. road, street, a way for local traffic

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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道路 (doro) (hangeul 도로)

  1. hanja form? of 도로 (road, thoroughfare)