道光

道光

Chinese

		direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk	light; ray; bright
trad. (道光)		道	光
simp. #(道光)		道	光

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàoguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ gwong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Tho-kông
• Min Bei (KCR): Dàu-guáng
• Min Dong (BUC): Dô̤-guŏng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Tō-kong / Tǒ͘-kong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁶ guang¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): dau kuaan (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàoguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàoguang
    • Wade–Giles: Tao⁴-kuang¹
    • Yale: Dàu-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dawguang
    • Palladius: Даогуан (Daoguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ kwɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou⁶ gwong¹
    • Yale: douh gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tho-kông
    • Hakka Romanization System: to gong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to⁴ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo⁵⁵ koŋ²⁴/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Dàu-guáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau⁴² kuaŋ⁵⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Dô̤-guŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /to²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)uoŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tō-kong
    • Tâi-lô: Tō-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doixkofng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /to²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /to³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tǒ͘-kong
    • Tâi-lô: Tǒo-kong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²² kɔŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dao⁶ guang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tău kuang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau³⁵⁻¹¹ kuaŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: dau kuaan (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d̥ɔ²² kɯɑ̃⁴⁴/

Proper noun

道光 (historical)

1. (～帝) the Daoguang Emperor (the seventh emperor of the Qing dynasty)
2. the Daoguang era (a Chinese era name; the era of that emperor's reign, from 1821 to 1850)