道光
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Chinese
direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk |
light; ray; bright | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (道光) | 道 | 光 | |
| simp. #(道光) | 道 | 光 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): dou6 gwong1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Tho-kông
- Northern Min (KCR): Dàu-guáng
- Eastern Min (BUC): Dô̤-guŏng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6dau-kuaon
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄤ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Dàoguang
- Wade–Giles: Tao4-kuang1
- Yale: Dàu-gwāng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dawguang
- Palladius: Даогуан (Daoguan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dou6 gwong1
- Yale: douh gwōng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dou6 gwong1
- Guangdong Romanization: dou6 guong1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tou̯²² kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tho-kông
- Hakka Romanization System: to gongˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: to4 gong1
- Sinological IPA: /tʰo⁵⁵ koŋ²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: Dàu-guáng
- Sinological IPA (key): /tau⁴² kuaŋ⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Dô̤-guŏng
- Sinological IPA (key): /to²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ (k-)uoŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
Proper noun
道光 (historical)
- (～帝) the Daoguang Emperor (the seventh emperor of the Qing dynasty)
- the Daoguang era (a Chinese era name; the era of that emperor's reign, from 1821 to 1850)