道光

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	light; ray; bright
trad. (道光)		道	光
simp. ^#(道光)		道	光

Etymology

See also Manchu ᡩᠣᡵᠣ
ᡝᠯᡩᡝᠩᡤᡝ (doro eldengge).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dàoguāng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ gwong¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): Tho-kông

(Hailu, HRS): to^˖ gong^ˋ
Northern Min (KCR): Dàu-guáng
Eastern Min (BUC): Dô̤-guŏng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Tō-kong / Tǒ͘-kong

(Teochew, Peng'im): dao⁶ guang¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶dau-kuaon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dàoguāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dàoguang
  - Wade–Giles: Tao⁴-kuang¹
  - Yale: Dàu-gwāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dawguang
  - Palladius: Даогуан (Daoguan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou⁶ gwong¹
  - Yale: douh gwōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ gwong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ guong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tho-kông
  - Hakka Romanization System: to gong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: to⁴ gong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰo⁵⁵ koŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: to^˖ gong^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰo³³ koŋ⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Dàu-guáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau⁴² kuaŋ⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Dô̤-guŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /to²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)uoŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tō-kong
  - Tâi-lô: Tō-kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doixkofng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /to²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /to³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tǒ͘-kong
  - Tâi-lô: Tǒo-kong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²² kɔŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dao⁶ guang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tău kuang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau³⁵⁻¹¹ kuaŋ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶dau-kuaon
  - MiniDict: dau^去 kuaon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³dau-kuaan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɔ²² kuɑ̃⁴⁴/

Proper noun

道光 (historical)

the Daoguang era (a Chinese era name; the era of that emperor's reign, from 1821 to 1850)
(～帝) the Daoguang Emperor (the seventh emperor of the Qing dynasty)

Coordinate terms

(era names of Qing) 天命 (tiānmìng) (Later Jin), 天聰 / 天聪 (Tiāncōng) (Later Jin), 崇德 (Chóngdé), 順治 / 顺治 (Shùnzhì), 康熙 (Kāngxī), 雍正 (Yōngzhèng), 乾隆 (Qiánlóng), 嘉慶 / 嘉庆 (Jiāqìng), 道光 (Dàoguāng), 咸豐 / 咸丰 (Xiánfēng), 祺祥 (qíxiáng) (cancelled), →同治 (Tóngzhì), 光緒 / 光绪 (Guāngxù), 宣統 / 宣统 (Xuāntǒng) ^{(Category: zh:Chinese era names)}