頭頭是道

Chinese

		everywhere	be; yes; this	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (頭頭是道)		頭頭	是	道
simp. (头头是道)		头头	是	道

Etymology

Originally a Buddhist term, meaning the Tao is everywhere.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóutóushìdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕˋ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ tau⁴ si⁶ dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóutóushìdào
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕˋ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóutóushìhdào
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-tʻou²-shih⁴-tao⁴
    • Yale: tóu-tóu-shr̀-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourtourshyhdaw
    • Palladius: тоутоушидао (toutoušidao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ tau⁴ si⁶ dou⁶
    • Yale: tàuh tàuh sih douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ tau⁴ si⁶ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ teo⁴ xi⁶ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ siː²² tou̯²²/

Idiom

頭頭是道

1. clear and logical; closely reasoned and well argued