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人道
Mandarin · pinyin rén dào
Meanings
- human sympathy
- humanitarianism
- humane
- the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism)
- sexual intercourse
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2–4 · ren2 dao4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jan4 dou6
Cantonese word readings for 人道. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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noun
- humanity; humanitarianism; human sympathy
- ethics; morality; way of living
- hierarchical relationship between people in ancient Chinese feudal society
- sexual intercourse
- (literary) male genitals; penis
- (Buddhism) humanity; human realm
adj
- humane; humanitarian
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