どう

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Prefix 1.1.1 See also 1.1.2 Usage notes 1.1.3 Synonyms 1.1.4 Derived terms 1.2 Interjection 1.3 Noun 1.4 Prefix

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Prefix

どう (kanji 如何, romaji dō)

1. in what manner?

[edit] See also

Japanese demonstratives (edit)
	ko-	so-	a-	do-
Pronoun	これ	それ	あれ	どれ
Determiner	この	その	あの	どの
Kind	こんな	そんな	あんな	どんな
Place	ここ	そこ	あそこ*	どこ
Direction	こちら	そちら	あちら	どちら
Manner	こう	そう	ああ	どう
* irregular

[edit] Usage notes

• The hiragana spelling (どう) is preferred to the kanji spelling (如何), which is rarely used.

[edit] Synonyms

• いかが

[edit] Derived terms

• どうか
• どうも
• どういう

[edit] Interjection

どう (romaji dō)

1. Casual greeting: Howdy? What's new? What's up?

   どう? まあまあ

   Howdy? So-so.

2. Casual question: It works? Is it OK?

   どう? いいんじゃない

   It works? Seems OK.

3. Call out to horses or cows to control/stop them: ho! hoy!

[edit] Noun

どう (romaji dō)

1. 胴: the large intestine; the body
2. 銅: copper, brass, bronze cuprum
3. 堂: hall; government office
4. 動: move, happen; movement, action
5. 僮: page, boy servant
6. 働: labor; work

[edit] Prefix

どう (romaji dō)

1. 同: same, similar; together with