交道

Chinese

		to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)	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. (交道)		交	道
simp. #(交道)		交	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāodào

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹ dou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kau-tō͘ / kau-tō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāodào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiaodào
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹-tao⁴
    • Yale: jyāu-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaudaw
    • Palladius: цзяодао (czjaodao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau¹ dou⁶
    • Yale: gāau douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao¹ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯⁵⁵ tou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: kau-tōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kau'do
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau³³ tɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-tō
    • Tâi-lô: kau-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kau'doi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² to²²/

Noun

交道

1. social communication; social intercourse

Derived terms

• 打交道 (dǎ jiāodào)