正道

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	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. (正道)		正	道
simp. #(正道)		正	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ dou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-tō͘ / chèng-tō / chiàⁿ-tō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngdào
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngdào
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-tao⁴
    • Yale: jèng-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqdaw
    • Palladius: чжэндао (čžɛndao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngdàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngdàor
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-tao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: jèng-dàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqdawl
    • Palladius: чжэндаор (čžɛndaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ taʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ dou⁶
    • Yale: jing douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ tou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-tōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeangdo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-tō
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeangdoi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ to²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàⁿ-tō
    • Tâi-lô: tsiànn-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviardoi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁴¹ tɤ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siã¹¹⁻⁵³ to³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 正道

1. right way; correct path; normal course of action
2. correct principle; principle way

Synonyms

• (right way): 正路 (zhènglù), 正塗／正涂, 正途 (zhèngtú)