要道

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
simp. and trad. (要道)		要	道

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yàodào

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ dou⁶
Min Nan (POJ): iàu-tō

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yàodào
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawdaw
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu³ dou⁶
  - Yale: yiu douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ dou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ tou̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-tō
  - Tâi-lô: iàu-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iao'doi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ to²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iaʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ to⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ to²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iaʊ¹¹⁻⁵³ to³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iaʊ²¹⁻⁴¹ tɤ³³/

Noun

要道

thoroughfare; strategic road; major road
交通要道 ― jiāotōng yàodào ― main road
(figuratively) cardinal principle

Derived terms

妙言要道

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