daai6 dou6大道
Jyutpingdaai6 dou6
Yaledaaih douh
Definition
A main road, avenue, or broad highway.
neutralplacestransport
How it's used
While 大道 refers to a grand or main thoroughfare, it is often used in a slightly more formal or literary sense compared to the everyday term 大路. You will frequently encounter it in street names or when describing a major, prominent artery in a city. It carries a sense of scale and importance that distinguishes it from a standard street or lane.
Measure word
tiu4條tìuhExamples
This main road is very wide, it is very comfortable to walk on.
Related words
Common phrases
a bright and broad future
Common mistake
Learners often confuse 大道 with 大路, but 大路 is the standard, neutral term for any main road in daily speech. Using 大道 in casual conversation to describe a small street can sound overly dramatic or like you are reading from a map.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
