得道

得道

Chinese

		get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	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. (得道)		得	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dédào

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄜˊ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ dou⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tet-tho
• Min Nan (POJ): tit-tō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: dédào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: derdaw
    • IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dak¹ dou⁶
    • Yale: dāk douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ dou⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ tou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tet-tho
    • Hakka Romanization System: ded` to
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ded⁵ to⁴
    • IPA: /tet̚² tʰo⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tit-tō
    • Tâi-lô: tit-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ditdoi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tit̚³²⁻⁴ to²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tit̚⁵⁻²⁴ to⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tit̚³²⁻⁵ to²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tit̚³²⁻⁴ to³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tit̚³²⁻⁴ tɤ³³/

Verb

得道

1. (Buddhism, Taoism) to attain the Way; to become enlightened; to attain salvation
2. to support a just cause; to uphold justice

Derived terms

一人得道，雞犬升天／一人得道，鸡犬升天 (yīréndédào, jīquǎnshēngtiān)

得道多助 (dédàoduōzhù)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
得	道
とく Grade: 4	どう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [to̞kɯ̟ᵝdo̞ː]

Noun

得道 (hiragana とくどう, rōmaji tokudō)

1. the state of being enlightened

Verb

得道する (intransitive, hiragana とくどうする, rōmaji tokudō suru)

1. to become enlightened; to attain salvation

Conjugation

Conjugation of "得道する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	得道し	とくどうし	tokudō shi
Continuative (連用形)	得道し	とくどうし	tokudō shi
Terminal (終止形)	得道する	とくどうする	tokudō suru
Attributive (連体形)	得道する	とくどうする	tokudō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	得道すれ	とくどうすれ	tokudō sure
Imperative (命令形)	得道せよ¹ 得道しろ²	とくどうせよ¹ とくどうしろ²	tokudō seyo¹ tokudō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	得道される	とくどうされる	tokudō sareru
Causative	得道させる 得道さす	とくどうさせる とくどうさす	tokudō saseru tokudō sasu
Potential	得道できる	とくどうできる	tokudō dekiru
Volitional	得道しよう	とくどうしよう	tokudō shiyō
Negative	得道しない	とくどうしない	tokudō shinai
Negative continuative	得道せず	とくどうせず	tokudō sezu
Formal	得道します	とくどうします	tokudō shimasu
Perfective	得道した	とくどうした	tokudō shita
Conjunctive	得道して	とくどうして	tokudō shite
Hypothetical conditional	得道すれば	とくどうすれば	tokudō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja in this term
得	道

Noun

得道 • (deukdo) (hangeul 득도)

1. Hanja form^? of 득도 (“the state of being enlightened”).