魔道

Chinese

		devil	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. (魔道)		魔	道
simp. #(魔道)		魔	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): módào

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹ dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: módào
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: módào
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-tao⁴
    • Yale: mwó-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: modaw
    • Palladius: модао (modao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo¹ dou⁶
    • Yale: mō douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo¹ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵ tou̯²²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 魔道

1. (Buddhism) world of the evil
2. (figurative) evil course; wrong path

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (魔道):

• → Japanese: 魔道(まどう) (madō)
• → Korean: 마도(魔道) (mado)
• → Vietnamese: ma đạo (魔道)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
魔	道
ま Grade: S	どう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

魔(ま)道(どう) • (madō) 

1. The dark side, the path of evil, evil ways.
2. (Buddhism): One of the heavens, home of the devas; alternately, the underworld, the land of yomi.
3. Magic.

Synonyms

• 魔術(まじゅつ) (majutsu)
• 魔法(まほう) (mahō)
• 魔導(まどう) (madō)
• 奇道(きどう) (kidō)
• 妖道(ようどう) (yōdō)
• 鬼道(きどう) (kidō)

Derived terms

• 魔道師(まどうし) (madōshi): evil priest or sorcerer
• 魔道士(まどうし) (madōshi): evil priest or sorcerer

See also

• 六道(ろくどう) (rokudō): (Buddhism) the six realms of rebirth