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What 道 means

road; path (条,股); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); 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; (old) circuit (administrative division)

Pictophonetic: semantic 辶 (walk), phonetic 首

Made of 辶 + 首

Words with 道

• 知道zhī dàoto know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
• 难道nán dàodon't tell me ...; could it be that...?
• 道歉dào qiànto apologize
• 味道wèi daoflavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor
• 道理dào lireason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification
• 报道bào dàoto report (news); report
• 道路dào lùroad; path; way
• 街道jiē dàostreet; subdistrict; residential district
• 道德dào dévirtue; morality; ethics
• 隧道suì dàotunnel
• 一道yī dàotogether
• 轨道guǐ dàotrack (for trains etc); orbit (of a satellite); (fig.) a person's established path in life; desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor); (audio engineering) track; (quantum mechanics) orbital

道 in a sentence

• 我不知道应该说什么才好。

  wǒ bù zhī dào yīng gāi shuō shén me cái hǎo 。

  I'm at a loss for words.

• 你说的话没有道理。

  nǐ shuō de huà méi yǒu dào lǐ 。

  What you are saying does not make sense.

• 即使他道歉了，我还是很愤怒。

  jí shǐ tā dào qiàn le ， wǒ hái shì hěn fèn nù 。

  Even though he apologized, I'm still furious.

• 柠檬有独特的味道。

  níng méng yǒu dú tè de wèi dào 。

  The lemon has a flavor all of its own.

• 走右边的道路。

  zǒu yòu biān de dào lù 。

  Take the road on the right.

Characters that sound like 道

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