dào

★ Core word

Definition

dào Novice Level 2 ★ Core word
Measure wordIntransitive verb
  1. road; path (CL:條,股)
  2. (bound form) way; reason; principle
  3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
  4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
  5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
  6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
  7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
  8. (old) circuit (administrative division)
dào B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Measure wordIntransitive verb
  1. road; path (CL:條,股)
  2. (bound form) way; reason; principle
  3. (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
  4. (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
  5. to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
  6. (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
  7. classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
  8. (old) circuit (administrative division)

Stroke order

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Example

這道菜是台灣的小吃。

This dish is a Taiwanese snack.

Related words at this level

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).