正道

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	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. (正道)		正	道
simp. #(正道)		正	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ dou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-tō͘ / chèng-tō / chiàⁿ-tō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngdào
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngdào
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-tao⁴
    • Yale: jèng-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqdaw
    • Palladius: чжэндао (čžɛndao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngdàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngdàor
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-tao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: jèng-dàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqdawl
    • Palladius: чжэндаор (čžɛndaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ taʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ dou⁶
    • Yale: jing douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ tou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-tōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeangdo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-tō
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeangdoi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ to²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàⁿ-tō
    • Tâi-lô: tsiànn-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviardoi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siã²¹⁻⁴¹ tɤ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siã¹¹⁻⁵³ to³³/

Noun

正道

1. (literally) official road; main track
2. (figurative) right way; correct path; normal course of action
3. (figurative) correct principle; principle way
4. (neologism, derogatory, politics) Atlanticist

Synonyms

• (right way):

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• 正路 (zhènglù)
• 正軌／正轨 (zhèngguǐ)
• 正途 (zhèngtú)

 

Derived terms

• 八正道 (bāzhèngdào)
• 明公正道
• 明堂正道

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (正道):

• → Japanese: 正道(せいどう) (seidō)
• → Korean: 정도(正道) (jeongdo)
• → Vietnamese: chính đạo (正道)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
正	道
せい Grade: 1	どう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーどー [sèédóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːdo̞ː]

Noun

正(せい)道(どう) • (seidō) ^{←せいだう (seidau)?}

1. correct path, path of righteousness, path of justice

Coordinate terms

• 邪道(じゃどう) (jadō)

Korean

Hanja in this term
正	道

Noun

正道 • (jeongdo) (hangeul 정도)

1. hanja form^? of 정도 (“right way; correct path”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
正	道

Noun

正道

1. chữ Hán form of chính đạo (“the correct path; a noble practice; righteous conduct”).