黑道

Chinese

		black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)	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. (黑道)		黑	道
simp. #(黑道)		黑	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hēidào

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄟ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hēidào
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄟ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: heidào
    • Wade–Giles: hei¹-tao⁴
    • Yale: hēi-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heidaw
    • Palladius: хэйдао (xɛjdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hēidàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄟ ㄉㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: heidàor
    • Wade–Giles: hei¹-tao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: hēi-dàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heidawl
    • Palladius: хэйдаор (xɛjdaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ taʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ dou⁶
    • Yale: hāk douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ tou̯²²/

Noun

黑道

1. dark road; unlit street
2. (figurative) organised crime; illegal activity
3. (figurative) criminal underworld
4. (astrology) inauspicious day

Synonyms

• (dark road): (Hokkien) 暗路
• (underworld): 黑社會／黑社会 (hēishèhuì)

Antonyms

• 白道 (báidào)

Derived terms

• 黑道日
• 黑道黃道／黑道黄道