公道

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (公道)		公	道
simp. ^#(公道)		公	道

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōngdào

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ dou⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-tho
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kong-tō / kong-tǒ͘ / kong-tǒ

(Teochew, Peng'im): gong¹ dao⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōngdào
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄉㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gongdào
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹-tao⁴
  - Yale: gūng-dàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongdaw
  - Palladius: гундао (gundao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    公道
    弓道
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gung¹ dou⁶
  - Yale: gūng douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ dou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ tou̯²²/
  - Homophones:
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    公道
    弓道
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-tho
  - Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˊ to
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ to⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰo⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tō
  - Tâi-lô: kong-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kongdoi
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² to²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ to³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tǒ͘
  - Tâi-lô: kong-tǒo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ tɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tǒ
  - Tâi-lô: kong-tǒ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ to²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gong¹ dao⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong tāu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ³³⁻²³ tau¹¹/

Noun

公道

justice; fairness
(archaic) major road; highway

Synonyms

(justice): 天理 (tiānlǐ)

Derived terms

討公道 / 讨公道
討回公道 / 讨回公道 (tǎohuígōngdào)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōngdao

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄉㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ dou⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-tho
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-tō / kong-tǒ͘ / kong-tǒ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōngdao
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄉㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gongdåo
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹-tao⁵
  - Yale: gūng-dau
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong.dau
  - Palladius: гундао (gundao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ d̥ɑʊ̯²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gung¹ dou⁶
  - Yale: gūng douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ dou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ tou̯²²/
  - Homophones:
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    公道
    弓道
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-tho
  - Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˊ to
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ to⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰo⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tō
  - Tâi-lô: kong-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kongdoi
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² to²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ to³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tǒ͘
  - Tâi-lô: kong-tǒo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ tɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tǒ
  - Tâi-lô: kong-tǒ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ to²²/

Adjective

公道

fair; just; equitable

Synonyms

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不阿 (bù'ē) (formal)
中和 (zhōnghé) (literary)
中正 (zhōngzhèng) (literary)
允 (literary, or in compounds)
公允 (gōngyǔn)
公平 (gōngpíng)
公正 (gōngzhèng)
公直 (gōngzhí) (literary)
大正 (literary)
平允 (píngyǔn)
平正 (píngzhèng)
持平 (chípíng)
持正 (chízhèng) (literary)
掠平 (Hokkien)

Derived terms

公道話 / 公道话 (gōngdaohuà)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
公	道
こう Grade: 2	どう Grade: 2
kan'on	kan'yōon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーどー [kòódóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːdo̞ː]

Noun

公(こう)道(どう) • (kōdō)

public road

Antonyms

私道(しどう) (shidō): private road

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
公	道
こう Grade: 2	とう Grade: 2
kan'on

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ko̞ːto̞ː]

Adjective

公(こう)道(とう) • (kōtō) ^†-nari

(Classical Japanese) modest and sturdy

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "公道なり" (ナリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	公道なら	こうとうなら	koutounara
Continuative (連用形)	公道に^[1] 公道なり^[2]	こうとうにこうとうなり	koutouni koutounari
Terminal (終止形)	公道なり	こうとうなり	koutounari
Attributive (連体形)	公道なる	こうとうなる	koutounaru
Realis (已然形)	公道なれ	こうとうなれ	koutounare
Imperative (命令形)	公道なれ	こうとうなれ	koutounare
Key constructions
Negative	公道ならず	こうとうならず	koutounarazu
Contrasting conjunction	公道なれど	こうとうなれど	koutounaredo
Causal conjunction	公道なれば	こうとうなれば	koutounareba
Conditional conjunction	公道ならば	こうとうならば	koutounaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	公道なりき	こうとうなりき	koutounariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	公道なりけり	こうとうなりけり	koutounarikeri
Adverbial	公道に	こうとうに	koutouni
^[1]Without auxiliary verb. ^[2]With auxiliary verb.