道 dào

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. 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)
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)
7. dào measure word times
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: For orders, etc (NCCED '道' mw 3)
8. 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).
9. 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)
10. 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).
11. dào measure word measure word for doors and walls
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
    Notes: (NCCED '道' mw 2)
12. dào measure word measure word for courses of a meal
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
    Notes: (NCCED '道' mw 3)
13. dào measure word a centimeter
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
    Notes: Informal (NCCED '道' mw 4)
14. 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)
15. 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)
16. dào noun a skill
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '道' n 7; Kroll 2015 '道' 4)
17. dào noun a sect
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '道' n 8)
18. dào noun a line
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'dào' 道 bf 5, p. 172; NCCED '道' n 8)
19. dào noun Way
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
    Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)
20. 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

• 一日修来一日功 一日不修一日空 真正修行在日常 佛道本在生活中(一日修來一日功 一日不修一日空 真正修行在日常 佛道本在生活中) Each day's worth of practice is each day's worth of merit, Each day's share of negligence is each day's share of vanity; True practice is found within everyday life, Because the Buddha is nowhere but in life itself.
• 入见道(入見道) to perceive the path in meditation
• 天下为公　大道贯之(天下為公　大道貫之) What Is Under Heaven Is for All; Put the Great Path into Practice
• 外道 an outsider ; emphasis on formal politeness with lack of sincerity ; Heretics ; non-Buddhist
• 空衣外道 Digambara
• 雨际外道(雨際外道) Varsagana
• 成佛之道 The Way to Buddhahood
• 赵州至道无难(趙州至道無難) Zhao Zhou Says the Ultimate Way is without Difficulty
• 道意 intention to attain enlightenment
• 大修道院长(大修道院長) abbot
• 要做个什么人? 做共生的地球人 做同体的慈悲人 做明理的智慧人 做有力的忍耐人 做布施的结缘人 做欢喜的快乐人 做融和的佛光人 做清净的修道人(要做個甚麼人? 做共生的地球人 做同體的慈悲人 做明理的智慧人 做有力的忍耐人 做布施的結緣人 做歡喜的快樂人 做融和的佛光人 做清淨的修道人) What Kind of Person Should We Be? Be a global person who coexists with others. Be a compassionate person who feels oneness with all. Be a wise person who is reasonable. Be a patient person who is also strong. Be an open person who gives generously. Be a happy person who is also joyful. Be a Buddha's Light member who is also harmonious. Be a spiritual practitioner who is also pure.
• 佛说六道伽陀经(佛說六道伽陀經) Fo Shuo Liu Dao Jiatuo Jing
• 菩提道次第广论(菩提道次第廣論) Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment ; Lamrim Chenmo; The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightmenent
• 仁心厚道 Benevolence and Honesty
• 六道轮迴(六道輪迴) six realms of existence
• 三恶道(三惡道) Three Lower Realms ; three lower realms; three evil destinites
• 道心 Mind for the Way
• 禅道(禪道) Way of Chan

Also contained in

孔道 、 送上轨道 、 左道惑众 、 大道理 、 内耳道 、 养生之道 、 日心轨道 、 修道士 、 失道 、 东京道 、 道观 、 穴道 、 道真仡佬族苗族自治县 、 郦道元 、 道谢 、 讲道 、 弹道导弹 、 综合报道 、 胡说八道 、 全罗北道 、 庆尙南道 、 航道 、 合气道 、 一条道走到黑 、 一人得道，鸡犬升天 、 道外 、 江南西道 、 二道江 、 改道 、 孔孟之道 、 分道扬镳 、 僧道 、 平安道

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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: 208 , 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: 178 , 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 6 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: 155 , has English translation
• Scroll 1 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: 153 , has English translation

Collocations

• 阶道 (階道) 須彌山王有七寶階道 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 33
• 余道 (餘道) 不信餘道 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 8
• 道趣 (道趣) 復有階道趣娑羅園 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 8
• 道头 (道頭) 乃詣道頭波梨梵志林中 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 8
• 𡾋道 (𡾋道) 於四衢道起立塔廟 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 8
• 道作 (道作) 四為道作穢 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 6
• 思道 (思道) 我但教弟子於空閑處靜默思道 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 5
• 道两边 (道兩邊) 俠道兩邊生多隣娑樹 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 5
• 道殊胜 (道殊勝) 一行道殊勝 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 5
• 道真正 (道真正) 我道真正 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 5