Explore in 3D3D

道

dào

road; path

HSK 3.0 · Level 2 nounverb Explore in 3D3D

Ancient forms

3 forms
  1. BronzeWestern Zhou
  2. Bamboo & silkWarring States
  3. Small sealQin–Han

Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

Meaning

dào dao4
  1. road
  2. path
  3. principle
  4. truth
  5. morality
  6. reason
  7. skill
  8. method
  9. Dao (of Daoism)
  10. to say
  11. to speak
  12. to talk
  13. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
  14. (old) circuit (administrative division)
Measure word: 条, 股

Example sentences

HSK words with 道 · 24 of 41

Measure word for · 16 of 21

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