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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiūdào
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡㄉㄠˋ
  - 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 (verb-object)

to cultivate oneself according to a religious doctrine
to practice Daoism

Noun

修道

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): [ɕɨːdo̞ː]

Noun

修(しゅう)道(どう) • (shūdō)

study of morality
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”)
修(しゅう)道(どう)名(めい) (shūdōmei, “monastic name”)

References

Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
修	道

Noun

修道 • (sudo) (hangeul 수도)

hanja form^? of 수도 (“spiritual discipline”)