• road; path (CL: tiáo, )
  • (bound form) way; reason; principle
  • (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
  • (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
  • to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
  • (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
  • classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
  • (old) circuit (administrative division)