道 dào
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dào
noun way; road; path
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: 道 is the 69th most frequently used word in the 1985 Beijing Institute of Languages frequency wordlist. In this sense 道 means 道路 (ABC 'dào' 道 n, p. 172; Ho 2002, '道'; NCCED '道' n 1). For example, 风过去了,只剩下直的雨道 'The wind went away and all that was left was the rainy path.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 264) Middle Chinese: daoX. 道 is used in the same sense in literary Chinese (Kroll 2015 '道' 1). For example, 通九道 'made the roads communicable.' (Records of the Historian, Annals of Xia 史記‧夏本紀) -
dào
noun
principle; a moral; morality
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 道 means 规律,道理, or 道德 in this sense (ABC 'dào' 道 bf 2, p. 172; GHC '道' 3; NCCED '道' 4) -
dào
proper noun
Tao; the Way
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
Notes: Used in a similar sence in both Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism a doctrinal concept of the fundamental truth and as cultivation of moral character (Yao 2000, p. 26; Kroll 2015 '道' 2a). For example, 率性之謂道 'an accordance with this nature is called The Path of duty.' (Classic of Rites, Doctrine of the Mean 禮記‧中庸, translation by Legge 1885) -
dào
measure word
measure word for long things
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: Such as for rivers, rays of sun, etc (ABC 'dào' 道 m, p. 172; NCCED '道' mw 1) For example, 金光一道一道的射出 'golden rays of light radiating out one-by-one' (Lao She, 2003, p. 34) -
dào
verb
to say; to speak; to talk
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'dào' 道 v 1, p. 172; NCCED '道' v 1; Kroll 2015 '道' 6) -
dào
verb
to think
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'dào' 道 v 2, p. 172; NCCED '道' v 4; Kroll 2015 '道' 4) -
dào
measure word
times
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: For orders, etc (NCCED '道' mw 3) -
dào
noun
circuit; a province
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense, 道 refers to an adminsistrative area in Tang dynasty times. This sense is still used in modern day Korea as a Hanja word (ABC 'dào' 道 bf 7, p. 172; NCCED '道' v 4; ; Kroll 2015 '道' 7). -
dào
noun
a course; a channel
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geography
Notes: As in a water course (ABC 'dào' 道 bf 1, p. 172; NCCED '道' n 2) -
dào
noun
a method; a way of doing something
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 道 means 方法 in this sense (ABC 'dào' 道 bf 2, p. 172; NCCED '道' n 3; Kroll 2015 '道' 3; GHC '道' 2). -
dào
measure word
measure word for doors and walls
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (NCCED '道' mw 2) -
dào
measure word
measure word for courses of a meal
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (NCCED '道' mw 3) -
dào
measure word
a centimeter
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: Informal (NCCED '道' mw 4) -
dào
noun
a doctrine
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Informal (ABC 'dào' 道 bf 3, p. 172; Kroll 2015 '道' 5; NCCED '道' n 5) -
dào
proper noun
Taoism; Daoism
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Taoism
Notes: (ABC 'dào' 道 bf 4, p. 172; NCCED '道' n 6) -
dào
noun
a skill
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '道' n 7; Kroll 2015 '道' 4) -
dào
noun
a sect
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '道' n 8) -
dào
noun
a line
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'dào' 道 bf 5, p. 172; NCCED '道' n 8) -
dào
noun
Way
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism) -
dào
noun
way; path; marga
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: mārga, Pali: magga, Japanese: dō, Tibetan: lam; the path leading to the cessation of suffering (BL 'mārga', p. 532; JEBD '道', p. 50)
Contained in
- 鬼道 Hungry Ghost Realm
- 何须有路寻无路 莫道无门却有门(何須有路尋無路 莫道無門卻有門) Why turn from a path towards one with no way out? Don't say the door before you isn't a door.
- 真言行道法 method of dhāraṇī practice
- 无着道忠(無着道忠) Mujaku Dōchū ; Mujaku Dōchū
- 道高一尺,魔高一丈 it takes constant vigilance to stave off evil ; virtue is one foot tall, the devil ten foot
- 公道 fair; equitable ; Justice
- 饿鬼道(餓鬼道) Hungry Ghost Realm
- 佛说嗟韈曩法天子受三归依获免恶道经(佛說嗟韈曩法天子受三歸依獲免惡道經) Sūkarikāvadāna; Fo Shuo Jie Wa Nang Fa Tian Zi Shou San Guiyi Huo Mian E Dao Jing
- 正道 the right road ; the correct path ; orthodox school ; Right Path
- 秘密道次第论(祕密道次第論) Ngak rim chenmo; Great Exposition of the Stages of Mantra
- 永平道元 Eihei Dōgen
- 要知道惭愧与苦恼(要知道慚愧與苦惱) Be aware of your sense of shame and afflictions
- 畜生道 Animal Realm
- 无衣外道(無衣外道) acelaka; a clothless ascetic cult
- 道在心中 The Path Is in the Mind
- 贫僧有话要说系列 – 我怎样走上国际的道路(貧僧有話要說系列 – 我怎樣走上國際的道路) Buddhism in Every Step: Hear Me Out – Paving My Way to International Status
- 山中参妙道 世外息染尘(山中參妙道 世外息染塵) Attain the wondrous Way inside the mountains; Settle the dust of life away from the world.
- 七众道场(七眾道場) place of practice for the sevenfold assembly
- 八道塔 Eightfold Path Pagoda
- 八正道分 Noble Eightfold Path
- 道分 destiny to become a Buddha
- 道元 Dōgen
- 顺世外道(順世外道) Lokāyata
- 道迹知见(道跡知見) knowledge & vision of the way
Also contained in
南京道 、 声道 、 道拉吉里峰 、 萧道成 、 下水道系统 、 尝过味道 、 空手道 、 河道 、 夹道欢迎 、 道奇 、 全罗北道 、 王道举 、 问道于盲 、 颂声载道 、 过道 、 豺狼当道 、 黄海南道 、 轨道交通 、 力道 、 明公正道 、 墓道 、 卑卑不足道 、 粮道 、 道经 、 弯道 、 防毒通道 、 蛊道
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 2 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 210 , has English translation
- Scroll 4 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 205
- Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄 — count: 200
- Scroll 2 Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄 — count: 179
- Scroll 1 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 179 , has English translation
- Scroll 2 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 172 , has English translation
- Scroll 5 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 171
- Scroll 6 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 168 , has English translation
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 162
- Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 158
Collocations
- 阶道 (階道) 須彌山王有七寶階道 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 33
- 道趣 (道趣) 復有階道趣娑羅園 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 8
- 道头 (道頭) 乃詣道頭波梨梵志林中 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 8
- 衢道 (衢道) 於四衢道起立塔廟 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 8
- 余道 (餘道) 不信餘道 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 8
- 思道 (思道) 我但教弟子於空閑處靜默思道 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 5
- 道真正 (道真正) 我道真正 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 5
- 菩提道 (菩提道) 向菩提道 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 9 — count: 5
- 道两边 (道兩邊) 俠道兩邊生多隣娑樹 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 5
- 第三禅道 (第三禪道) 願為我說是無喜第三禪道 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 5