道路 - Wiktionary

ChineseEdit

		direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; method; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk	(surname); road; path (surname); road; path; way
simp. and trad. (道路)		道	路

From 道 ("road") + 路 ("road").

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàolù → dàolu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄨˋ → ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄨ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daw.luh
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/ → /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ lu¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou⁶ lou⁶
  - Yale: douh louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ lou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² lou̯²²/
Hakka
- Romanisations:
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tho-lu
  - IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /tʰo⁵⁵ lu⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dô̤-lô
  - IPA ^(key): /to²⁴²⁻⁵³ lou²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: tō-lō͘
  - IPA (Taipei): /tə³³⁻¹¹ lɔ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tə²²⁻²¹ lɔ²²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - WT Romanisation: dau lu (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /d̻ɔ²² lɯ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (道路, reconstructed)
Character (道), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 定 (7) Final: 豪 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 徒晧切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/dɑu^X/	/dʱɑu^X/	/dɑu^X/	/dɑu^X/	/daw^X/	/dɑu^X/	/dɑu^X/
Character (路), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 模 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 洛故切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/luo^H/	/luo^H/	/lo^H/	/luo^H/	/lɔ^H/	/lu^H/	/lo^H/

Old Chinese pronunciation (道路, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character		Modern Beijing (Pinyin)			Middle Chinese		Old Chinese			English
道		dǎo			‹ daw^H ›		/*lˤuʔ-s/			show the way
道		dào			‹ daw^X ›		/*[kə.l]ˤuʔ/			way
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	No.		Phonetic component	Rime group		Rime subdivision		Corresponding MC rime	Old Chinese		Notes
道	11669		首	幽		1		道	/*l'uːʔ/
路	3856		各	暮		0		路	/*ɡ·raːɡs/