道

道 dào ㄉㄠˋ dou6 HSK 2 高階級 · Level 4 流利級 · Level 5

road; path (CL: 条條 tiáo ㄊㄧㄠˊ , 股 gǔ ㄍㄨˇ )
(bound form) way; reason; principle
(bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
(Daoism) the Way; the Dao
to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
(bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
(old) circuit (administrative division)

Practice writing

Draw 道 (1 of 1) — stroke by stroke.

道歉 ( dào qiàn dou6 hip3 )。

Apologize.
谁知道誰知道 ( shéi zhī dào seoi4 zi1 dou6 )？

Who knows?
我 ( wǒ ngo5 ) 知道 ( zhī dào zi1 dou3 )。

I know.
不知 ( bù zhī bat1 zi1 ) 道 ( dào dou6 )。

Don't know.
有道理 ( yǒu dào li jau5 dou6 lei5 )。

Yes, that makes sense.

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