得道

Chinese

		get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	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. (得道)		得	道
simp. ^#(得道)		得	道

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dédào

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄜˊ ㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ dou⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): tet-tho

(Hailu, HRS): ded to^˖

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): de² tao⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tit-tō

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dédào
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dédào
  - Wade–Giles: tê²-tao⁴
  - Yale: dé-dàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: derdaw
  - Palladius: дэдао (dɛdao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    得到
    得道
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dak¹ dou⁶
  - Yale: dāk douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ dou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ tou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tet-tho
  - Hakka Romanization System: ded^ˋ to
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ded⁵ to⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tet̚² tʰo⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ded to^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /tet⁵⁻² tʰo³³/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: de² tao⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /te²⁴ tʰɔ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tit-tō
  - Tâi-lô: tit-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ditdoi
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tit̚³²⁻⁴ to²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tit̚⁵⁻²⁴ to⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tit̚³²⁻⁵ to²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tit̚³²⁻⁴ to³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tit̚³²⁻⁴ tɤ³³/

Verb

得道

(Buddhism, Taoism) to attain the Way; to become enlightened; to attain salvation
to support a just cause; to uphold justice

Derived terms

一人得道，雞犬升天 / 一人得道，鸡犬升天 (yīrén dédào, jīquǎn shēngtiān)
得道多助 (dédàoduōzhù)

References

周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “得道”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 134.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
得	道
とく Grade: 5	どう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [to̞kɯ̟do̞ː]

Noun

得(とく)道(どう) • (tokudō)

the state of being enlightened

Verb

得(とく)道(どう)する • (tokudō suru) intransitive suru (stem 得(とく)道(どう)し (tokudō shi), past 得(とく)道(どう)した (tokudō shita))

to become enlightened; to attain salvation

Conjugation

Conjugation of "得道する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	得道し	とくどうし	tokudō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	得道し	とくどうし	tokudō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	得道する	とくどうする	tokudō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	得道する	とくどうする	tokudō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	得道すれ	とくどうすれ	tokudō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	得道せよ¹ 得道しろ²	とくどうせよ¹ とくどうしろ²	tokudō seyo¹ tokudō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	得道される	とくどうされる	tokudō sareru
Causative	得道させる得道さす	とくどうさせるとくどうさす	tokudō saseru tokudō sasu
Potential	得道できる	とくどうできる	tokudō dekiru
Volitional	得道しよう	とくどうしよう	tokudō shiyō
Negative	得道しない	とくどうしない	tokudō shinai
Negative continuative	得道せず	とくどうせず	tokudō sezu
Formal	得道します	とくどうします	tokudō shimasu
Perfective	得道した	とくどうした	tokudō shita
Conjunctive	得道して	とくどうして	tokudō shite
Hypothetical conditional	得道すれば	とくどうすれば	tokudō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
得	道

Noun

得道 • (deukdo) (hangeul 득도)

hanja form^? of 득도 (“the state of being enlightened”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
得	道

Noun

得道

chữ Hán form of đắc đạo (“to reach the peak of the Way in one's religion”)