天道

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	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. (天道)		天	道

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiāndào

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ dou⁶
Min Nan (POJ): thian-tō

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiāndào → tiāndao (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄉㄠˋ → ㄊㄧㄢ ˙ㄉㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tian.daw
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/ → /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ d̥ɑʊ̯²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ dou⁶
  - Yale: tīn douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ dou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ tou̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-tō
  - Tâi-lô: thian-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiendoi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² to²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ to⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² to²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ to³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ³³/

Noun

天道

(literary, philosophy) laws of nature; laws of heaven
(regional) weather

Synonyms

(laws of nature): 大器 (dàqì)

Derived terms

天道人事
天道好還／天道好还
天道循環／天道循环

天道恢恢
天道無親／天道无亲
天道無親常與善人／天道无亲常与善人

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