車道
See also: 车道
Chinese
vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe |
direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk | ||
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trad. (車道) | 車 | 道 | |
simp. (车道) | 车 | 道 |
Pronunciation
Noun
車道
Synonyms
- (Min Nan) 車路/车路
Derived terms
- 潮汐車道/潮汐车道
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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車 | 道 |
しゃ Grade: 1 |
どう Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
/ɕadau/ → /ɕadɔː/ → /ɕadoː/
From Middle Chinese compound 車道/车道 (tsyhæ dawX, literally “carriage + way”). Compare modern Cantonese 車道/车道 (ce1 dou6, “traffic lane”).
Noun
車道 • (shadō) ←しやだう (syadau)?
- a road, a roadway, a carriageway
- (more specifically, legal) a traffic lane: that portion of a road that is marked for use by automobiles (and not for bicycles or pedestrians)
Usage notes
The traffic lane sense is the main sense in legal contexts, as defined by the Japanese Road Traffic Act.
See also
- 自転車道 (jitenshadō): a bicycle lane
- 歩道 (hodō): a sidewalk, a pedestrian walkway
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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