修道

Chinese

		to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate	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. (修道)		修	道
simp. #(修道)		修	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiūdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ dou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-tō / siu-tǒ͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūdào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sioudào
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-tao⁴
    • Yale: syōu-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shioudaw
    • Palladius: сюдао (sjudao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ dou⁶
    • Yale: sāu douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ tou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-tō
    • Tâi-lô: siu-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siu'doi
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ to³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² to²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-tǒ͘
    • Tâi-lô: siu-tǒo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ tɔ²²/

Verb

修道

1. to cultivate oneself according to a religious doctrine
2. to practice Daoism

Noun

修道

1. spiritual discipline

Derived terms

• 修道士 (xiūdàoshì)
• 修道張／修道张
• 修道會／修道会
• 修道者 (xiūdàozhě)
• 修道院 (xiūdàoyuàn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (修道):

• → Japanese: 修道(しゅうどう) (shūdō)
• → Korean: 수도(修道) (sudo)
• → Vietnamese: tu đạo (修道)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
修	道
しゅう Grade: 5	どう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝːdo̞ː]

Noun

修(しゅう)道(どう) • (shūdō) 

1. study of morality
2. spiritual discipline

Derived terms

• 修(しゅう)道(どう)院(いん) (shūdōin, “monastery”)
• 修(しゅう)道(どう)士(し) (shūdōshi, “monk”)
• 修(しゅう)道(どう)女(じょ) (shūdōjo, “nun”)
• 修(しゅう)道(どう)会(かい) (shūdōkai, “(Catholic): order”)

References

• 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
修	道

Noun

修道 • (sudo) (hangeul 수도)

1. Hanja form^? of 수도 (“spiritual discipline”).