聞道

Chinese

		hear; news; celebrated hear; news; celebrated; sniff at	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. (聞道)		聞	道
simp. (闻道)		闻	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéndào

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéndào
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúndào
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-tao⁴
    • Yale: wén-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wendaw
    • Palladius: вэньдао (vɛnʹdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: man⁴ dou⁶
    • Yale: màhn douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ tou̯²²/

Verb

聞道

1. (literary) to comprehend a principle
2. (literary) to hear it said that; to hear tell

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 聽說 (“to hear it said that”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		聞道
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聽說, 據說, 據稱, 據聞
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	聽說
	Singapore	聽說
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	聽說
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	聽說
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	聽講
	Liuzhou	聽聞講, 聽講
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	聽講
Cantonese	Guangzhou	聽講, 聽講話, 聽聞, 聽聞講, 聞得
	Hong Kong	聽講, 聽講話, 聽聞, 聽聞話, 據講, 據聞
	Taishan	聽講, 聽聞, 聽聞講
	Singapore (Guangfu)	聽講
Hakka	Meixian	聽講
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聽講
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	聽講
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	聽講
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	聽講
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	聽講
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	聽講
Huizhou	Jixi	聽著講
Jin	Taiyuan	聽說
Southern Min	Xiamen	聽講, 據講
	Quanzhou	聽說
	Zhangzhou	聽講, 據講
	Taipei	聽講
	Kaohsiung	聽講
	Singapore (Hokkien)	聽講
	Manila (Hokkien)	聽說, 聽講
	Longyan	聽講
	Shantou	聽呾
	Singapore (Teochew)	聽呾
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	聽講, 聽見講
Wu	Shanghai	聽講
	Wenzhou	聽講
Xiang	Changsha	聽講, 信講