Kilo Lingo

道

dào

Traditional: 道

#5025 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

road, way; to say; the Dao (in 知道, 难道, 道歉)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 道

道

Examples

。

I don't know the answer.

？

Don't tell me you don't remember?

。

I should apologise to you.

。

He spoke a lot of sense.

。

This road is very long.

道 (dào) means road or way, and in extended senses to say or the philosophical Dao. In daily speech it shows up most in 知道 (to know), 难道 (could it be that), and 道歉 (to apologise).

Related words

道歉

to apologise

难道

could it be that, don't tell me that (rhetorical)

知道

to know (a fact)

Appears in 3 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 道.

知道zhī dàoto know (a fact)难道nán dàocould it be that, don't tell me that (rhetorical)道歉dào qiànto apologise

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