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đạo

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "dao"

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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    Sino-Vietnamese word from 道 (“road; way”).

    Noun

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    đạo

    1. (formal) a code of conduct
      đạo làm con ― how to behave as a child
      đạo làm người ― humanity
      Công cha như núi Thái Sơn,
      Nghĩa mẹ như nước trong nguồn chảy ra.
      Một lòng thờ mẹ kính cha
      Cho tròn chữ hiếu mới là đạo con.
      Fathers' deeds are as mountainous as Mount Tai,
      Mothers' love is as everlasting as streaming water.
      As a child, one is duty bound to worship their mother, to respect their father.
    2. religion
      đạo Thiên Chúa ― Christianity
      theo đạo ― to be religious, especially to be a Christian
    3. (historical and in foreign placenames) province
      Giang Nguyên Đạo ― Gangwon province
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    Etymology 2

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      Sino-Vietnamese word from 盜 (“to steal”).

      Verb

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      đạo

      1. (art) to rip off; to plagiarize
        đạo nhạc ― to rip off someone else's music
        đạo văn ― to rip off someone else's written piece or writing style
        đạo tranh ― to rip off someone else's painting
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      Etymology 3

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      Romanization

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      đạo

      1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 導
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