道路

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ChineseEdit

		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
simp. and trad. (道路)		道	路

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàolù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ lou⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tho-lu
• Min Dong (BUC): dô̤-lô
• Min Nan (POJ): tǒ͘-lō͘ / tō-lō͘
• Wu (Wiktionary): dau lu (T3)

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• 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
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ lou⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² lou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tho-lu
    • Hakka Romanization System: to lu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to⁴ lu⁴
    • IPA: /tʰo⁵⁵ lu⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dô̤-lô
    • IPA ^(key): /to²⁴²⁻⁵³ l̃ou²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒ͘-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tǒo-lōo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²² lɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-lō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tō-lōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doixlo
    • IPA (Taipei): /to³³⁻¹¹ lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³⁻²¹ lɔ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /to²²⁻²¹ lɔ²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /to²²⁻²¹ lɔ²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: dau lu (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /d̻ɔ²² lv̩ʷ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /dɑu^X  luo^H/▼

Rime
Character	道	路
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	徒晧切	洛故切
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	lù

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'uːʔ  ɡ·raːɡs/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	道	道
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dǎo	dào
Middle Chinese	‹ dawH ›	‹ dawX ›
Old Chinese	/*lˤuʔ-s/	/*[kə.l]ˤuʔ/
English	show the way	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	道	路
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11669	3856
Phonetic component	首	各
Rime group	幽	暮
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	道	路
Old Chinese	/*l'uːʔ/	/*ɡ·raːɡs/

NounEdit

道路

1. road

   主要道路  ―  zhǔyào dàolù  ―  main road

2. path; way

Derived termsEdit

• 道路網／道路网 (dàolùwǎng)

See alsoEdit

• 街 (jiē)
• 馬路／马路 (mǎlù)

DescendantsEdit

Sino-Xenic (道路):

• Japanese: 道路 (どうろ) (dōro)
• Korean: 도로 (道路, doro)
• Vietnamese: đạo lộ (道路)

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JapaneseEdit

道路 (dōro): a road.

Kanji in this term
道	路
どう Grade: 2	ろ Grade: 3
on'yomi

EtymologyEdit

/dauro/ → /dɔːro/ → /doːro/

From Middle Chinese 道路 (dhɑ̀u lò). Compare modern Mandarin 道路 (dàolù), Cantonese 道路 (dou⁶ lou⁶).

PronunciationEdit

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ど​うろ [dóꜜòrò] (Atamadaka - [1])
  • IPA^(key): [do̞ːɾo̞]

NounEdit

道路 (hiragana どうろ, rōmaji dōro, historical hiragana だうろ)

1. road, street, a way for local traffic

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• 道路橋 (どうろきょう) (dōrokyō): highway bridge
• 道路計画 (どうろけいかく) (dōro keikaku): road plan
• 道路建設 (どうろけんせつ) (dōro kensetsu): road construction
• 道路交通 (どうろこうつう) (dōro kōtsū): road traffic
• 道路工事 (どうろこうじ) (dōro kōji): road work, road construction
• 道路掃除人 (どうろそうじにん) (dōro sōjinin): street sweeper
• 道路地図 (どうろちず) (dōro chizu): roadmap
• 道路標示 (どうろひょうじ) (dōro hyōji): traffic indicator painted on the surface of the road
• 道路標識 (どうろひょうしき) (dōro hyōshiki): road sign
• 道路封鎖 (どうろふうさ) (dōro fūsa): road blockage
• 道路輸送 (どうろゆそう) (dōro yusō): road transport

• アスファルト道路 (どうろ) (asufaruto dōro): asphalt road
• 幹線道路 (かんせんどうろ) (kansen dōro): highway; arterial or trunk road
• 高速道路 (こうそくどうろ) (kōsoku dōro): freeway, highway
• 弾丸道路 (だんがんどうろ) (dangan dōro): literally, "Bullet Road": 1940s-50s slang for freeways
• 舗装道路 (ほそうどうろ) (hosō dōro): paved road
• 有料道路 (ゆうりょうどうろ) (yūryō dōro): toll road

ReferencesEdit

• 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

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KoreanEdit

Hanja in this term
道	路

NounEdit

道路 • (doro) (hangeul 도로)

1. Hanja form^? of 도로, “road, thoroughfare”.