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天道

天道

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	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. (天道)		天	道

Noun

天道

the laws of nature; the laws of heaven
(regional) weather

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tiāndào

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ dou⁶
Min Nan (POJ): thian-tō

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiāndào
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄉㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiandaw
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ dou⁶
  - Yale: tīn douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ tou̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-tō
  - Tâi-lô: thian-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiendoi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tɤ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ tɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tɤ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ to³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ³³/