聞道
Chinese
hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at |
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. (聞道) | 聞 | 道 | |
| simp. (闻道) | 闻 | 道 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wéndào
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wúndào
- Wade–Giles: wên2-tao4
- Yale: wén-dàu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wendaw
- Palladius: вэньдао (vɛnʹdao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wən³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: man4 dou6
- Yale: màhn douh
- Cantonese Pinyin: man4 dou6
- Guangdong Romanization: men4 dou6
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɐn²¹ tou̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
聞道
- (literary) to comprehend a principle
- (literary) to hear it said that; to hear tell
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 聽說 (“to hear it said that”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 聞道 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 聽說, 據說, 據稱, 據聞 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 聽說 |
| Singapore | 聽說 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 聽說 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 聽說 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 聽講 |
| Liuzhou | 聽聞講, 聽講 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 聽講 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 聽講, 聽講話, 聽聞, 聽聞講, 聞得 |
| Hong Kong | 聽講, 聽講話, 聽聞, 聽聞話, 據講, 據聞 | |
| Taishan | 聽講, 聽聞, 聽聞講 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 聽講 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 聽講 |
| Xingning | 聽講 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 聽講 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 聽講 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 聽講 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 聽講 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 聽講 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 聽講 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 聽著講 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 聽說 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 聽講, 據講 |
| Quanzhou | 聽說 | |
| Zhangzhou | 聽講, 據講 | |
| Taipei | 聽講 | |
| Kaohsiung | 聽講 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 聽講 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 聽說, 聽講 | |
| Longyan | 聽講 | |
| Shantou | 聽呾 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 聽呾 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 聽講, 聽見講 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 聽講 |
| Wenzhou | 聽講 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 聽講, 信講 |