故道

Chinese

		happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (故道)		故	道
simp. #(故道)		故	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gùdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu³ dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gùdào
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gùdào
    • Wade–Giles: ku⁴-tao⁴
    • Yale: gù-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhdaw
    • Palladius: гудао (gudao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu³ dou⁶
    • Yale: gu douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu³ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu³ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³³ tou̯²²/

Noun

故道

1. old road; beaten track; old way
2. old course (of a river)
3. (figuratively) archaic institutions and moral standards