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道路

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	road; path; way
simp. and trad. (道路)		道	路

Noun

道路

road
path, way

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (道路):

Japanese: 道路 (どうろ) ‎(dōro)
Korean: 도로 (道路, doro)
Vietnamese: đạo lộ ‎(道路)

Japanese

道路 (dōro): a road.

Kanji in this term
道	路
どう Grade: 2	ろ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

/dauro/ → /dɔːro/ → /doːro/

From Middle Chinese 道路 ‎(dhɑ̀u lò). Compare modern Mandarin 道路 ‎(dàolù), Cantonese 道路 ‎(dou⁶ lou⁶).

Pronunciation

On'yomi
(Tokyo) どうろ [dóꜜòrò] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [do̞ːɺ̠o̞]

Noun

道路 ‎(hiragana どうろ, romaji dōro, historical hiragana だうろ)

road, street, a way for local traffic

Derived terms

道路橋 (どうろきょう) ‎(dōrokyō): highway bridge
道路計画 (どうろけいかく) ‎(dōro keikaku): road plan
道路建設 (どうろけんせつ) ‎(dōro kensetsu): road construction
道路交通 (どうろこうつう) ‎(dōro kōtsū): road traffic
道路工事 (どうろこうじ) ‎(dōro kōji): road work, road construction
道路掃除人 (どうろそうじにん) ‎(dōro sōjinin): street sweeper
道路地図 (どうろちず) ‎(dōro chizu): roadmap
道路標示 (どうろひょうじ) ‎(dōro hyōji): traffic indicator painted on the surface of the road
道路標識 (どうろひょうしき) ‎(dōro hyōshiki): road sign
道路封鎖 (どうろふうさ) ‎(dōro fūsa): road blockage
道路輸送 (どうろゆそう) ‎(dōro yusō): road transport

アスファルト道路 (どうろ) ‎(asufaruto dōro): asphalt road
幹線道路 (かんせんどうろ) ‎(kansen dōro): highway; arterial or trunk road
高速道路 (こうそくどうろ) ‎(kōsoku dōro): freeway, highway
弾丸道路 (だんがんどうろ) ‎(dangan dōro): literally, "Bullet Road": 1940s-50s slang for freeways
舗装道路 (ほそうどうろ) ‎(hosō dōro): paved road
有料道路 (ゆうりょうどうろ) ‎(yūryō dōro): toll road

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

Korean

Hanja in this term
道	路

Noun

道路 • ‎(doro) ‎(hangeul 도로)

Hanja form^? of 도로, “road, thoroughfare”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dàolù

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ lou⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tho-lu
Min Dong (BUC): dô̤-lô
Min Nan (POJ): tō-lō͘
Wu (Wiktionary): dau lu (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàolù → dàolu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄨˋ → ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄨ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daw.luh
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/ → /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ lu¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou⁶ lou⁶
  - Yale: douh louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ lou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² lou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tho-lu
  - Hakka Romanization System: to lu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: to⁴ lu⁴
  - IPA: /tʰo⁵⁵ lu⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dô̤-lô
  - IPA ^(key): /to²⁴²⁻⁵³ l̃ou²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: tō-lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doixlo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɤ²²⁻²¹ lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɤ⁴¹⁻²² lɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɤ²²⁻²¹ lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /to³³⁻¹¹ lɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³⁻²¹ lɔ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: dau lu (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /d̻ɔ²² lv̩ʷ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /dɑu^X luo^H/▼

Rime
Character	道	路
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	徒晧切	洛故切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑu^X/	/luo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑu^X/	/luo^H/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑu^X/	/lo^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daw^X/	/lɔ^H/
Li Rong	/dɑu^X/	/lo^H/
Wang Li	/dɑu^X/	/lu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑu^X/	/luo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dào	lù

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*l'uːʔ ɡ·raːɡs/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	道	道
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dǎo	dào
Middle Chinese	‹ daw^H ›	‹ daw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*lˤuʔ-s/	/*[kə.l]ˤuʔ/
English	show the way	way
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	道	路
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11669	3856
Phonetic component	首	各
Rime group	幽	暮
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	道	路
Old Chinese	/*l'uːʔ/	/*ɡ·raːɡs/

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道路

道路

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