人道 meaning and pronunciation

人道
Simplified/traditional word

人道 English definition

rén dào

  • human sympathy
  • humanitarianism
  • humane
  • the 'human way', one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism)
  • sexual intercourse

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Characters

  • (rén): person; people; man; CL:个[ge4],位[wei4];
  • (dào): direction; way; road; path; CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; province (of Korea or Japan);