Road in Chinese: 道 (dào)

dào

road

HSK 3.0 Level 21 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1road
  2. 2path
  3. 3principle
  4. 4truth
  5. 5morality
  6. 6reason
  7. 7skill
  8. 8method
  9. 9Dao (of Daoism)
  10. 10to say
  11. 11to speak
  12. 12to talk
  13. 13classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
  14. 14(old) circuit (administrative division)

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dào

/ d/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

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  • 这道题我不会做。

    zhè dào tí wǒ bú huì zuò。

    I can't do this question.

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