要道

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	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. (要道)		要	道
simp. ^#(要道)		要	道

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàodào

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ dou⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàu-tō

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yàodào
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yàodào
  - Wade–Giles: yao⁴-tao⁴
  - Yale: yàu-dàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawdaw
  - Palladius: яодао (jaodao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu³ dou⁶
  - Yale: yiu douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ dou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ tou̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-tō
  - Tâi-lô: iàu-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iao'doi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ to²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ to⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ to²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iau¹¹⁻⁵³ to³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau²¹⁻⁴¹ tɤ³³/

Noun

要道

thoroughfare; strategic road; major road
交通要道 ― jiāotōng yàodào ― main road
(figurative) cardinal principle

Derived terms

妙言要道

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