古道

Chinese

		ancient; old	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. (古道)		古	道
simp. #(古道)		古	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔdào
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔdào
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-tao⁴
    • Yale: gǔ-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guudaw
    • Palladius: гудао (gudao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² dou⁶
    • Yale: gú douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ tou̯²²/

Noun

古道

1. old road; ancient road
2. (literary) ancient customs; precepts of the antiquity

Derived terms

• 古道熱腸／古道热肠 (gǔdàorècháng)
• 茶馬古道／茶马古道 (Chá-mǎ Gǔdào)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (古道):

• → Japanese: 古(こ)道(どう) (kodō)
• → Korean: 고도(古道) (godo)