導 (dou6 | dao3) : lead; guide; instruct

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導

dou6

dao3

[1] lead; guide; direct
[2] instruct; teach; tutor
[3] conduct; transmit

Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: 寸 (#41)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

導 / 导

This word has been viewed 9391 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 28th May 2011 04:18

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報導 bou3 dou6 = to report; a report

導師 dou6 si1 dao3 shi1 = instructor

半導體 bun3 dou6 tai2 ban4 dao3 ti3 = semiconductor

引導 jan5 dou6 yin3 dao3 = to guide

主導 zyu2 dou6 zhu3 dao3 = to lead; to manage

指導 zi2 dou6 zhi3 dao3 = to give directions; to guide; to direct; to show the way

嚮導 hoeng2 dou6 xiang4 dao3 = guide; lead

教導 gaau3 dou6 jiao4 dao3 = to instruct; to teach

導體 dou6 tai2 dao3 ti3 = electrical conductor; conducting body; conductive body

導遊 dou6 jau4 dao3 you2 = tour guide; to conduct or guide a tour
See all 64 compounds (CantoDict reports 68 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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李連杰都算幾錫身,導演都幫佢搵埋替身啦粵
Jet Li takes pretty good care of himself, his movie director even found a stand-in for him.
[(So that he doesn't have to do the stunts himself.)]

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Decimal representation of this word: 導
Unicode code for this character: U+5c0e (off-site link)

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