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dào
| English Definition | road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; measure word 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; (old) circuit (administrative division) |
| Simplified Script | 道 |
| Traditional Script | Same |
| Pinyin | dào |
| Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi) | Same |
| Zhuyin (Bopomofo) | ㄉㄠˋ |
| Cantonese (Jyutping) | dou6 |
| Part of Speech | (名) noun, (动) verb, (量) measure word |
| Measure Words | 条, 股 |
| Proficiency Test Level | HSK.v3=2 TOCFL=3,7 |
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Chinese characters or pinyin syllables
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