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đường

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đường means road; street; path.

Chinese characters: 唐 Classifier: con, cái — e.g. một con đường (one road)

Meanings of đường in English

Noun

  1. road; street; path; route; trace
    • lên đườngto set out; to be on the road
    • Ở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh có bốn đường mang tên người Pháp: Alexandre de Rhodes, Pasteur, Calmette và Yersin.There are four streets in Ho Chi Minh City named after Frenchmen: Alexandre de Rhodes, Pasteur, Calmette and Yersin.
  2. line
    • đường chân trờiskyline
  3. tract
    • đường tiêu hóadigestive tract
  4. path (metaphorical course) ≈ nẻo
    • đường đờilife path
  5. colloquial region
    • đường xuôithe lowland

Noun

  1. sugar (sucrose in the form of small crystals)

Adjective

  1. related to Tang
  2. Chinese

Words with đường

Synonyms and antonyms of đường

Synonyms

Example sentences with đường

  • Vẽ một đường từ A đến B. Draw a line from A to B.
  • Nhà anh ta ở gần đường ngầm. His house is near the subway.
  • Tôi đã gặp Tom ở trên đường. I met Tom on the way.
  • Bạn ở trên con đường của tôi. You are in my way.
  • Chúng ta cần bột mì và đường. We need flour and sugar.
  • Nó là một chặng đường khá dài. It’s quite a long way.
  • Mọi con đường đều dẫn đến Roma. All roads lead to Rome.
  • Tôi đang trên đường đến nhà ga. I'm on my way to the station.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)

Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, đường could be written as 塘. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 唐 (“road inside a temple”). Doublet of đàng and đằng. For the rime correspondance, compare đang vs. đương, đàng hoàng vs. đường hoàng, cúng dàng vs. cúng dường, and kim cang vs. kim cương.

Frequently asked questions

What does đường mean in English?

đường (noun) means "road; street; path".

How do you pronounce đường?

IPA: Hanoi [ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩]; Saigon [ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩]. Tones: đường — falling tone (huyền).

Is đường a Sino-Vietnamese word?

Yes. đường is a Sino-Vietnamese word from the Chinese characters 唐.

What classifier is used with đường?

Common classifiers: con, cái — for example "một con đường" (one road).

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.