公道

公道

Chinese

		just; honorable; public just; honorable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (公道)		公	道
simp. #(公道)		公	道

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ dou⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-tho
• Min Nan (POJ): kong-tō / kong-tǒ͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngdào
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongdào
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-tao⁴
    • Yale: gūng-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongdaw
    • Palladius: гундао (gundao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: gung¹ dou⁶
    • Yale: gūng douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ tou̯²²/
    • Homophones:

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-tho
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung´ to
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ to⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰo⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tō
    • Tâi-lô: kong-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongdoi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² to²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ to³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tǒ͘
    • Tâi-lô: kong-tǒo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ tɔ²²/

Noun

公道

1. justice; fairness
2. (archaic) major road; highway

Synonyms

• (justice): 天理 (tiānlǐ)

Derived terms

討公道／讨公道

討回公道／讨回公道 (tǎohuígōngdào)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngdao

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄉㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ dou⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-tho
• Min Nan (POJ): kong-tō / kong-tǒ͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngdao
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄉㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongdåo
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-tao⁵
    • Yale: gūng-dau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong.dau
    • Palladius: гундао (gundao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ d̥ɑʊ̯²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: gung¹ dou⁶
    • Yale: gūng douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ tou̯²²/
    • Homophones:

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-tho
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung´ to
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ to⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰo⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tō
    • Tâi-lô: kong-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongdoi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² to²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ to³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tǒ͘
    • Tâi-lô: kong-tǒo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ tɔ²²/

Adjective

公道

1. fair; just; equitable

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 公道

不阿 (bù'ē) (formal) 中和 (zhōnghé) (literary) 中正 (zhōngzhèng) (literary) 允 (yǔn) (literary, or in compounds) 公允 (gōngyǔn) 公平 (gōngpíng)

公正 (gōngzhèng) 公直 (gōngzhí) (literary) 平允 (píngyǔn) 平正 (píngzhèng) 持平 (chípíng)

Derived terms

公道話／公道话 (gōngdaohuà)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	道
こう Grade: 2	どう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

公(こう)道(どう) • (kōdō) 

1. public road

Antonyms

• 私道(しどう) (shidō): private road