to guide, lead, or conduct

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
shì
men
mén
de
lǐng
dǎo

He is the leader of our department.

2
dǎo
yóu
dài
men
cān
guān
le
gōng

The tour guide showed us around the Forbidden City.

3
yòng
shǒu
dǎo
háng
zhǎo
dào
le
jiǔ
diàn

I used my phone's navigation to find the hotel.

4
dǎo
yóu
dài
men
cān
guān
guǎn

The tour guide took us to visit the museum.

5
zhè
wèi
dǎo
yóu
jiǎng
jiě
hěn
qīng
chǔ
ràng
men
liǎo
jiě
le
hěn
duō
shǐ
zhī
shí

This tour guide explained very clearly, helping us learn a lot about history.

6
zài
xíng
zhōng
wèi
jīng
yàn
fēng
de
dǎo
yóu
jǐn
néng
zhǐ
yǐn
xiàn线
hái
néng
fēn
xiǎng
dāng
de
wén
huà
shì

During the trip, an experienced tour guide can not only show the way but also share local cultural stories.

7
shì
zhè
diàn
yǐng
de
dǎo
yǎn

He is the director of this movie.

8
zhè
wèi
dǎo
yǎn
zhèng
zài
zhǐ
dǎo
yǎn
yuán
men
pái
liàn

This director is guiding the actors in rehearsal.

9
dǎo
yǎn
jīng
xīn
ān
pái
le
měi
chǎng
jǐng
de
pāi
shè
shùn

The director carefully arranged the shooting order of each scene.

10
xià
dǎo
zhì
huá

The rain caused the road to be slippery.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes6
StructureTop-Bottom
Frequency#787
Zhuyinㄉㄠˇ
Components
UnicodeU+5BFC
CangjieRUMI
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

Learn how the Five Elements describe personality