đạo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dao"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːw˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːw˨˩ʔ]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːw˨˩˨]
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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 道 (“road; way”).

Noun

đạo

(formal) a code of conduct
đạo làm con ― how to behave as a child

đạo làm người ― humanity

Công cha như núi Thái Sơn,
Nghĩa mẹ như nước trong nguồn chảy ra.
Một lòng thờ mẹ kính cha
Cho tròn chữ hiếu mới là đạo con.
Fathers' deeds are as mountainous as Mount Tai,
Mothers' love is as everlasting as streaming water.
As a child, one is duty bound to worship their mother, to respect their father.
religion
đạo Thiên Chúa ― Christianity

theo đạo ― to be religious, especially to be a Christian
(historical and in foreign placenames) province
Giang Nguyên Đạo ― Gangwon province

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 盜 (“to steal”).

Verb

đạo

(art) to rip off; to plagiarize
đạo nhạc ― to rip off someone else's music

đạo văn ― to rip off someone else's written piece or writing style

đạo tranh ― to rip off someone else's painting

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Romanization

đạo

Sino-Vietnamese reading of 導

Derived terms

Anagrams

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