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正道

正道

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	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. (正道)		正	道

Noun

正道

the right way or course; the correct path
the correct principle; the principle way

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhèngdào

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ dou⁶
Min Nan (POJ): chèng-tō͘ / chèng-tō / chiàⁿ-tō

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhèngdào
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqdaw
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing³ dou⁶
  - Yale: jing douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ dou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ tou̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-tō͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsìng-tōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeangdo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-tō
  - Tâi-lô: tsìng-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeangdoi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tɤ²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tɤ²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàⁿ-tō
  - Tâi-lô: tsiànn-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviardoi
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiã¹¹⁻⁵³ to³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiã²¹⁻⁴¹ tɤ³³/