大道

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	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. (大道)		大	道
simp. #(大道)		大	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ dou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-tō͘ / tōa-tō / tāi-tō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàdào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàdào
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tao⁴
    • Yale: dà-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahdaw
    • Palladius: дадао (dadao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ dou⁶
    • Yale: daaih douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² tou̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 大度 大道

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-tōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixdo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² tɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-tō
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxdoi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ tɤ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ to³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-tō
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixdoi
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ to³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ tɤ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ to²²/

Noun

大道

1. avenue (four-lane street); boulevard (multi-lane arterial thoroughfare)
2. (Malaysia) expressway; motorway
3. (Taoism) the ultimate Tao
4. (Confucianism) major arts

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “major arts”): 小道 (xiǎodào)

Derived terms

• 康莊大道／康庄大道 (kāngzhuāngdàdào)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (大道):

• → Japanese: 大道(だいどう) (daidō)
• → Korean: 대도(大道) (daedo)
• → Vietnamese: đại đạo (大道)