classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process(inherited)

中用来计数长条形的东西、障碍物、问题、命令或菜肴等的词yònglái jìshù zhǎngtiáoxíng de dōngxi、zhàngài wù、wèntí、mìnglìng huò càiyáo děng de cí

road; path(inherited)

中两地之间可以走的路liǎng dì zhī jiān kěyǐ zǒu de lù

• zhètiáodàohěncháng.

  这条道很长。🔊

  This road is very long.

(bound form) way; reason; principle(inherited)

中通往某地的路；也指事物的方法或原理tōngwǎng mǒudì de lù; yě zhǐ shìwù de fāngfǎ huò yuánlǐ

• zhègedàolǐhěnjiǎndān.

  这个道理很简单。🔊

  This principle is very simple.

(bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)(inherited)

中用言语表达或说出来yòng yányǔ biǎodá huò shuōchūlái

• qǐngdàoyīshēngxièxie.

  请道一声谢谢。🔊

  Please say thank you.

to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)(inherited)

中说话；讲述；用于引述别人的话语shuōhuà；jiǎngshù；yònyú yǐnshù biéren de huàyǔ

• tādào:“wǒhěnhǎo.”

  他道：“我很好。”🔊

  He said: "I'm doing very well."

(Daoism) the Way; the Dao(inherited)

中中国古代哲学思想，认为是自然和宇宙的根本原理zhōngguó gǔdài zhéxué sīxiǎng, rènwéi shì zìrán hé yǔzhòu de gēnběn yuánlǐ

• dàojiàoshìzhōngguóchuántǒngwénhuàdeyībùfèn.

  道教是中国传统文化的一部分。🔊

  Daoism is a part of traditional Chinese culture.

(bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization(inherited)

中某种专门的技能或手艺mǒuzhǒng zhuānmèn de jìnéng huò shǒuyì

• tāxuélehěnduōdào.

  他学了很多道。🔊

  He learned many skills.

(old) circuit (administrative division)(inherited)

中古代的行政区域，管理多个县gǔdài de xíngzhèng qūyù, guǎnlǐ duōge xiàn

• zhègedàohěncháng.

  这个道很长。🔊

  This road is very long.

classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process(inherited)

中用来计数长条形的东西、障碍物、问题、命令或菜肴等的词yònglái jìshù zhǎngtiáoxíng de dōngxi、zhàngài wù、wèntí、mìnglìng huò càiyáo děng de cí

road; path(inherited)

中两地之间可以走的路liǎng dì zhī jiān kěyǐ zǒu de lù

• zhètiáodàohěncháng.

  这条道很长。🔊

  This road is very long.

(bound form) way; reason; principle(inherited)

中通往某地的路；也指事物的方法或原理tōngwǎng mǒudì de lù; yě zhǐ shìwù de fāngfǎ huò yuánlǐ

• zhègedàolǐhěnjiǎndān.

  这个道理很简单。🔊

  This principle is very simple.

(bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)(inherited)

中用言语表达或说出来yòng yányǔ biǎodá huò shuōchūlái

• qǐngdàoyīshēngxièxie.

  请道一声谢谢。🔊

  Please say thank you.

to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)(inherited)

中说话；讲述；用于引述别人的话语shuōhuà；jiǎngshù；yònyú yǐnshù biéren de huàyǔ

• tādào:“wǒhěnhǎo.”

  他道：“我很好。”🔊

  He said: "I'm doing very well."

(Daoism) the Way; the Dao(inherited)

中中国古代哲学思想，认为是自然和宇宙的根本原理zhōngguó gǔdài zhéxué sīxiǎng, rènwéi shì zìrán hé yǔzhòu de gēnběn yuánlǐ

• dàojiàoshìzhōngguóchuántǒngwénhuàdeyībùfèn.

  道教是中国传统文化的一部分。🔊

  Daoism is a part of traditional Chinese culture.

(bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization(inherited)

中某种专门的技能或手艺mǒuzhǒng zhuānmèn de jìnéng huò shǒuyì

• tāxuélehěnduōdào.

  他学了很多道。🔊

  He learned many skills.

(old) circuit (administrative division)(inherited)

中古代的行政区域，管理多个县gǔdài de xíngzhèng qūyù, guǎnlǐ duōge xiàn

• zhègedàohěncháng.

  这个道很长。🔊

  This road is very long.