小道

小道

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	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. (小道)		小	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎodào

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiǎodào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaudaw
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² dou⁶
    • Yale: síu douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² dou⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ tou̯²²/

Noun

小道

1. bypath; trail
2. bribery as a means of achieving a goal
3. (Confucianism) minor arts

Antonyms

• (minor arts): 大道 (dàdào)

Derived terms

小道消息 (xiǎodào xiāoxī)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	道
こ Grade: 1	みち Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Noun

小道 (hiragana こみち, rōmaji komichi)

1. path; lane; footpath