王道

Chinese

		king; Wang (proper name)	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
simp. and trad. (王道)		王	道

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wángdào

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄠˋ
Min Nan (POJ): ông-tō

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wángdào
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wangdaw
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯ɑŋ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ông-tō
  - Tâi-lô: ông-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ongdoi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² to²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² to⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ¹³⁻²² to²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ to³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ²³⁻³³ tɤ³³/

Noun

王道

rule in the way of a legitimate king (as opposed to a despot); benevolent governance

Antonyms

霸道 (bàdào)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
王	道
おう Grade: 1	どう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

王道 (hiragana おうどう, rōmaji ōdō, historical katakana ワウダウ)

benevolent rule of a country
proper technique, a procedure without flaws
calque of English royal road, an easy or painless way to do something
学問 (がくもん)に王 (おう)道 (どう)なし。
Gakumon ni ōdō nashi.
There is no royal road to learning.

References

2001, 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), Tokyo: Shogakukan.

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