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dào

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dào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dào | dao4
English translation
to mourn
to lament
to grieve, to lament, to mourn

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About dào

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

dào

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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Etymology of dào

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

忄卓

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

Zhuó

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and Zhuó represents the sound.

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Example sentences using dào

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yǒu 15,000多人参加 cānjiā le 悼念 dào niàn 仪式 yíshì

More than fifteen thousand people took part in the memorial service.

zhè 不是 bú shi zài kāi 追悼会 zhuī dào huì 而是 ér shì zài 颂扬 sòng yáng de 一生 yī shēng

This was not a memorial service but a celebration of his life.

zài 长达 cháng dá 小时 xiǎoshí de 悼念 dào niàn 仪式 yíshì 结束 jiéshù Hòu de 遗体 yí tǐ bèi tái dào le 城南 de 一所公墓 gōng mù

After the hour-long service, his body was taken to a cemetery in the south of the city.

Words with dào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
哀悼 aī dào mourning哀悼 aī dào
悼念 dào niàn to grieve悼念 dào niàn
追悼会 zhuī dào huì a memorial service追悼會
追悼 zhuīdào to mourn追悼 zhuīdào
dào to mourn dào
悼词 dào cí eulogy悼詞
悼辞 dào cí eulogy悼辭
悲悼 bēi dào mourn悲悼 bēi dào
伤悼 shāng dào to mourn傷悼

dào Decomposition & Compounds

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dào Decomposition

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