大道

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
simp. and trad. (大道)		大	道

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàdào

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ dou⁶
Min Nan (POJ): tāi-tō͘ / tōa-tō / tāi-tō

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàdào
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahdaw
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ dou⁶
  - Yale: daaih douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ dou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑːi̯²² tou̯²²/
  - Homophones:
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    大度
    大道
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-tō͘
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-tōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixdo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ⁴¹⁻²² tɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-tō
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doaxdoi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ tɤ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ to³³/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-tō
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixdoi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ³³⁻²¹ tɤ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ to²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taɪ³³⁻¹¹ to³³/

Noun

大道

avenue (four-lane street); boulevard (multi-lane arterial thoroughfare)
(Taoism) the ultimate Tao
(Confucianism) major arts

Antonyms

(major arts): 小道 (xiǎodào)

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