扳道

Chinese

		climb up; pull; to pull or draw (up or out)	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. (扳道)		扳	道
simp. #(扳道)		扳	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāndào

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paan¹ dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāndào
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bandào
    • Wade–Giles: pan¹-tao⁴
    • Yale: bān-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bandaw
    • Palladius: баньдао (banʹdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paan¹ dou⁶
    • Yale: pāan douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paan¹ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: pan¹ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːn⁵⁵ tou̯²²/

Verb

扳⫽道 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to switch (to turn from one railway track to another)
2. (figurative) to guide; to show the way