道統

Chinese

		direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk	to gather; to unite; to unify to gather; to unite; to unify; whole
trad. (道統)		道	統
simp. (道统)		道	统

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàotǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄊㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ tung²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàotǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄊㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàotǒng
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-tʻung³
    • Yale: dàu-tǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawtoong
    • Palladius: даотун (daotun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou⁶ tung²
    • Yale: douh túng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ tung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ tung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² tʰʊŋ³⁵/

Noun

道統

1. Confucian orthodoxy; the Confucian doctrine passed down over generations