小道 meaning in English

xiǎodào

bypath; trail

15 strokes

Meaning of 小道

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiǎodào
  1. bypath
  2. trail
  3. bribery as a means of achieving a goal
  4. minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman)

小道 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

山shān林lín小xiǎo道dào被bèi雪xuě完wán全quán覆fù盖gài住zhù了le。
The forest path had been utterly covered by snow.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

小 xiǎo · small · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

道 dào · road · 12 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12

Related words

Words that share a character with 小道.

知道zhīdàoto know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
小姐xiǎojiěyoung lady; miss
小时xiǎoshíhour
小朋友xiǎopéngyǒuchild; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to
小学xiǎoxuéelementary school; primary school
小孩儿xiǎoháirerhua variant of 小孩[xiao3 hai2]
小学生xiǎoxuéshēngprimary school student; schoolchild
小心xiǎoxīnto be careful; to take care
味道wèidàoflavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...)
小时候xiǎoshíhouin one's childhood
道理dàolǐreason; argument
小组xiǎozǔgroup

Questions about 小道

What does 小道 mean?

小道 (xiǎodào) means "bypath; trail".

How do you write 小道?

小道 is made of 2 characters: 小 (3 strokes), 道 (12 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.