車道

See also: 车道

Chinese

 
vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
 
direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (車道)
simp. (车道)

Pronunciation


Noun

車道

  1. driveway
  2. traffic lane

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しゃ
Grade: 1
どう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

/ɕadau//ɕadɔː//ɕadoː/

From Middle Chinese compound 車道 (tsyhæ dawX, literally carriage + way). Compare modern Cantonese 車道车道 (ce1 dou6, “traffic lane”).

Pronunciation

Noun

車道 (hiragana しゃどう, rōmaji shadō, historical hiragana しやだう)

  1. a road, a roadway, a carriageway
  2. (more specifically, legal) a traffic lane: that portion of a road that is marked for use by automobiles (and not for bicycles or pedestrians)

Usage notes

The traffic lane sense is the main sense in legal contexts, as defined by the 道路交通法 (Tsūro Kōtsū Hō, Road Traffic Act).

See also

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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