小道

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	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. (小道)		小	道
simp. ^#(小道)		小	道

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎodào

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² dou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎodào
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎodào
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-tao⁴
  - Yale: syǎu-dàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaudaw
  - Palladius: сяодао (sjaodao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² dou⁶
  - Yale: síu douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² dou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ tou̯²²/

Noun

小道

bypath; trail
bribery as a means of achieving a goal
(Confucianism) minor arts

Synonyms

(bypath): 小徑／小径 (xiǎojìng)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “minor arts”): 大道 (dàdào)

Derived terms

小道消息 (xiǎodào xiāoxī)
羊腸小道／羊肠小道 (yángchángxiǎodào)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	道
こ Grade: 1	みち Grade: 2
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 小道 – see the following entry.

【こみち】

[noun] path, lane, footpath

Alternative spellings
小路, 小径, 径, 小逕, 逕, 蹊

(This term, 小道, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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