世道

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	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. (世道)		世	道
simp. #(世道)		世	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ dou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sè-tō / sè-tō͘ / sì-tō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìdào
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhdào
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tao⁴
    • Yale: shr̀-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhdaw
    • Palladius: шидао (šidao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìdàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄉㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhdàor
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: shr̀-dàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhdawl
    • Palladius: шидаор (šidaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ taʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ dou⁶
    • Yale: sai douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ tou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-tō
    • Tâi-lô: sè-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sea'doi
    • IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ to³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ tɤ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ to²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: sè-tōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sea'do
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-tō
    • Tâi-lô: sì-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie'doi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ to²²/

Noun

世道

1. manners and morals of the time; ways of the world

Synonyms

• 運道／运道 (yùndào)

Derived terms

• 世道人心 (shìdàorénxīn)
• 世道人情
• 世道日衰
• 世道澆漓／世道浇漓
• 人心世道