公道

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	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. (公道)		公	道
simp. #(公道)		公	道

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ dou⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-tho
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-tō / kong-tǒ͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngdào
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongdào
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-tao⁴
    • Yale: gūng-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongdaw
    • Palladius: гундао (gundao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gung¹ dou⁶
    • Yale: gūng douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ tou̯²²/
    • Homophones:

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-tho
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung´ to
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ to⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰo⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tō
    • Tâi-lô: kong-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongdoi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² to²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ to³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tǒ͘
    • Tâi-lô: kong-tǒo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ tɔ²²/

Noun

公道

1. justice; fairness
2. (archaic) major road; highway

Synonyms

• (justice): 天理 (tiānlǐ)

Derived terms

• 討公道／讨公道
• 討回公道／讨回公道 (tǎohuígōngdào)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngdao

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄉㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ dou⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-tho
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-tō / kong-tǒ͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngdao
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄉㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongdåo
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-tao⁵
    • Yale: gūng-dau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong.dau
    • Palladius: гундао (gundao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ d̥ɑʊ̯²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gung¹ dou⁶
    • Yale: gūng douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ tou̯²²/
    • Homophones:

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-tho
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung´ to
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ to⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰo⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tō
    • Tâi-lô: kong-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongdoi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² to²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ to³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tǒ͘
    • Tâi-lô: kong-tǒo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ tɔ²²/

Adjective

公道

1. fair; just; equitable

Synonyms

• 不阿 (bù'ē) (formal)
• 中和 (zhōnghé) (literary)
• 中正 (zhōngzhèng) (literary)
• 允 (literary, or in compounds)
• 公允 (gōngyǔn)
• 公平 (gōngpíng)
• 公正 (gōngzhèng)
• 公直 (gōngzhí) (literary)
• 大正 (literary)
• 平允 (píngyǔn)
• 平正 (píngzhèng)
• 持平 (chípíng)
• 掠平 (Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 公道話／公道话 (gōngdaohuà)

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
公	道
こう Grade: 2	どう Grade: 2
kan’on	kan’yōon

Noun

公(こう)道(どう) • (kōdō) 

1. public road

Antonyms

• 私道(しどう) (shidō): private road

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
公	道
こう Grade: 2	とう Grade: 2
kan’on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːto̞ː]

Adjective

公(こう)道(とう) • (kōtō) ^†-nari

1. (Classical Japanese) modest and sturdy

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "公道なり" (ナリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	公道なら	こうとうなら	koutounara
Continuative (連用形)	公道に[1] 公道なり[2]	こうとうに こうとうなり	koutouni koutounari
Terminal (終止形)	公道なり	こうとうなり	koutounari
Attributive (連体形)	公道なる	こうとうなる	koutounaru
Realis (已然形)	公道なれ	こうとうなれ	koutounare
Imperative (命令形)	公道なれ	こうとうなれ	koutounare
Key constructions
Negative	公道ならず	こうとうならず	koutounarazu
Contrasting conjunction	公道なれど	こうとうなれど	koutounaredo
Causal conjunction	公道なれば	こうとうなれば	koutounareba
Conditional conjunction	公道ならば	こうとうならば	koutounaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	公道なりき	こうとうなりき	koutounariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	公道なりけり	こうとうなりけり	koutounarikeri
Adverbial	公道に	こうとうに	koutouni
[1]Without auxiliary verb. [2]With auxiliary verb.