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

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
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    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

avenue (four-lane street); boulevard (multi-lane arterial thoroughfare)
(Malaysia) expressway; motorway
(Taoism) the ultimate Tao
(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)

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