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車道
車道
See also: 车道
Chinese
vehicle on land; car; a vehicle; machine; to shape with a lathe
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direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
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| trad. (車道) | 車 | 道 | |
| simp. (车道) | 车 | 道 | |
Noun
車道
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 車 | 道 |
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しゃ Grade: 1 |
どう Grade: 2 |
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Etymology
/ɕadau/ → /ɕadɔː/ → /ɕadoː/
From Middle Chinese compound 車道 (tsyhæ dawX, literally “carriage + way”). Compare modern Cantonese 車道／车道 (ce1 dou6, “traffic lane”).
Pronunciation
Noun
車道 (hiragana しゃどう, romaji shadō, historical hiragana しやだう)
- a road, a roadway, a carriageway
- (more specifically, legal) a traffic lane: that portion of a road that is marked for use by automobiles (and not for bicycles or pedestrians)
Usage notes
The traffic lane sense is the main sense in legal contexts, as defined by the 道路交通法 (Tsūro Kōtsū Hō, “Road Traffic Act”).
See also
- 自転車道 (jitenshadō): a bicycle lane
- 歩道 (hodō): a sidewalk, a pedestrian walkway