道情

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	feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation
trad. (道情)		道	情
simp. #(道情)		道	情

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàoqíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ cing⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tō-chêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàoqíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàocíng
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-chʻing²
    • Yale: dàu-chíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawchyng
    • Palladius: даоцин (daocin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou⁶ cing⁴
    • Yale: douh chìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ tsing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ qing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-chêng
    • Tâi-lô: tō-tsîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doixzeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /to²²⁻²¹ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/

Noun

道情

1. a type of Chinese folk ballad to the accompaniment of a fisherman's drum and simple boards, originally tunes of Taoist stories sung by Taoist priests to promote the renunciation of the world, but later used to refer to general folk stories as a subject matter