道場

Chinese

		direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk	courtyard; open space; place courtyard; open space; place; field; a measure word; (a measure word, used for sport or recreation)
trad. (道場)		道	場
simp. (道场)		道	场

Etymology

Calque of Sanskrit बोधिमण्ड (bodhimaṇḍa, “seat of wisdom”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàochǎng, dàocháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄔㄤˇ, ㄉㄠˋ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ coeng⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tō-tiûⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàochǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄔㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàochǎng
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-chʻang³
    • Yale: dàu-chǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawchaang
    • Palladius: даочан (daočan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 到場／到场 道場／道场

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàocháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàocháng
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-chʻang²
    • Yale: dàu-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawcharng
    • Palladius: даочан (daočan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 到場／到场 道場／道场

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou⁶ coeng⁴
    • Yale: douh chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-tiûⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tō-tiûnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doixdviuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /to³³⁻¹¹ tiũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³⁻²¹ tiũ²³/

Noun

道場

1. (religion) site where Buddhist or Taoist rites are conducted
2. (religion) such rites

Synonyms

• (site for rites): 法場／法场 (fǎchǎng)

Derived terms

• 做道場／做道场 (zuòdàochǎng)
• 內道場／内道场
• 水陸道場／水陆道场 (shuǐlù dàochǎng)
• 沒酒沒漿，做甚麼道場／没酒没浆，做甚么道场

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
道	場
どう Grade: 2	じょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

/daudiau/ → /dɔːd͡ʑɔː/ → /doːʑoː/

From Middle Chinese 道場 (MC dawX drjang, literally “way + place”), itself originally a translation of Sanskrit बोधिमण्ड (bodhimaṇḍa, “seat of wisdom”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ど​ーじょー [dóꜜòjòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) どーじょー [dòójóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [do̞ːʑo̞ː]

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Noun

道(どう)場(じょう) • (dōjō) ^{←だうぢやう (daudyau)?}

1. (martial arts) dojo, training hall (place where martial arts are practiced)
2. (Buddhism) Short for 菩提道場 (bodai-dōjō):
   1. place where a buddha has achieved enlightenment
   2. a building or facility for ascetic training
   3. (by extension) a Buddhist temple

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 道場(どうじょう)荒(あら)し, 道場(どうじょう)荒(あ)らし (dōjō arashi)
• 道場破(どうじょうやぶ)り (dōjō yaburi)
• 坐道場(ざどうじょう), 座道場(ざどうじょう) (zadōjō)
• 寂(じゃく)滅(めつ)道場(どうじょう) (jakumetsu dōjō)
• 菩(ぼ)提(だい)道場(どうじょう) (bodai-dōjō)
• 本命(ほんみょう)道場(どうじょう) (honmyō dōjō)
• 町(まち)道場(どうじょう) (machi dōjō)

Descendants

• English: dojo
• French: dojo
• Polish: dojo

Korean

Hanja in this term
道	場

Noun

道場 • (dojang) (hangeul 도장)

1. Hanja form^? of 도장 (“dojang”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
道	場

Noun

道場

1. chữ Hán form of đạo trường (“dojo”).