đạo
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 道 (“road; way”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːw˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːw˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːw˨˩˨]
Noun
đạo
- (formal) a code of conduct
- đạo làm con
- how to behave as a child
- đạo làm người
- humanity
- nhân đạo
- humanitarian
- phải đạo
- righteous; morally acceptable
- Công cha như núi Thái Sơn,
Nghĩa mẹ như nước trong nguồn chảy ra.
Một lòng thờ mẹ kính cha
Cho tròn chữ hiếu mới là đạo con.- Fathers' deeds are as mountainous as Mount Tai,
Mothers' love is as everlasting as streaming water.
As a child, one is duty bound to worship their mother, to respect their father.
- Fathers' deeds are as mountainous as Mount Tai,
- religion
- đạo Thiên Chúa
- Christianity
- theo đạo
- religious
- đạo Thiên Chúa
- province
- Giang Nguyên Đạo
- Gangwon province
- Giang Nguyên Đạo
Derived terms
Verb
đạo
- (art) to rip off; to plagiarize
- đạo nhạc
- to rip off someone else's music
- đạo văn
- to rip off someone else's written piece or writing style
- đạo tranh
- to rip off someone else's painting
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