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dǎo

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dǎo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dǎo | dao3
English translation
to direct, to guide, to lead, to conduct

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About dǎo

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

dǎo

Contains the radical

cùn

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

A hand  cùn pointing the way to someplace  dào

Etymology of dǎo

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

道寸

Explanation

Simplified form of dǎo . Phonosemantic compound. cùn represents the meaning and dào represents the sound.

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Words with dǎo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
领导 lǐngdǎo lead領導
导致 dǎozhì to lead to導致
指导 zhǐdǎo to guide指導
引导 yǐndǎo to guide引導
导弹 dǎodàn guided missile導彈
dǎo to lead dǎo
领导人 lǐng dǎo rén leader領導人
导演 dǎoyǎn to direct導演
教导 jiào dǎo to instruct教導
报导 bào dǎo (news) report報導
导师 dǎo shī tutor導師
主导 zhǔdǎo leading主導
辅导 fǔdǎo to mentor輔導
导航 dǎoháng navigation導航
领导者 lǐng dǎo zhě leader領導者
误导 wù dǎo to mislead誤導
导游 dǎoyóu tour guide導遊
向导 xiàngdǎo guide嚮導
导管 dǎo guǎn duct導管
导向 dǎoxiàng orientation導向
倡导 chàngdǎo to advocate倡導
诱导 yòu dǎo to induce誘導
辅导员 fǔ dǎo yuán coach (teacher or trainer)輔導員
传导 chuán dǎo to conduct (heat, electricity etc)傳導
执导 zhí dǎo to direct (a film, play etc)執導

dǎo Decomposition & Compounds

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