# 公道
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gōngdào
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄉㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gung$^1$ dou$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-tho
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kong-tō / kong-tǒ͘ / kong-tǒ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gong$^1$ dao$^7$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gōngdào
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄉㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gongdào
*** Wade–Giles: kung$^1$-tao$^4$
*** Yale: gūng-dàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongdaw
*** Palladius: гундао (gundao)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʊŋ⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$公道 弓道
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gung$^1$ dou$^6$
*** Yale: gūng douh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gung$^1$ dou$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gung$^1$ dou$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʊŋ⁵⁵ tou̯²²/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$公道 弓道
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-tho
*** Hakka Romanization System: gung$^ˊ$ to
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gung$^1$ to$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰo⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tō
*** Tâi-lô: kong-tō
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kongdoi
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² to²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ to³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tǒ͘
*** Tâi-lô: kong-tǒo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ tɔ²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tǒ
*** Tâi-lô: kong-tǒ
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ to²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gong$^1$ dao$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong tāu
*** Sinological IPA : /koŋ³³⁻²³ tau¹¹/

#### Noun

公道
* justice; fairness
* (archaic) major road; highway

##### Synonyms

* (justice): 天理 (tiānlǐ)

##### Derived terms

* 討公道 / 讨公道
* 討回公道 / 讨回公道 (tǎohuígōngdào)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gōngdao
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄉㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gung$^1$ dou$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-tho
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-tō / kong-tǒ͘ / kong-tǒ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gōngdao
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄉㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gongdåo
*** Wade–Giles: kung$^1$-tao$^5$
*** Yale: gūng-dau
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong.dau
*** Palladius: гундао (gundao)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʊŋ⁵⁵ d̥ɑʊ̯²/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gung$^1$ dou$^6$
*** Yale: gūng douh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gung$^1$ dou$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gung$^1$ dou$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʊŋ⁵⁵ tou̯²²/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$公道 弓道
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-tho
*** Hakka Romanization System: gung$^ˊ$ to
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gung$^1$ to$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰo⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tō
*** Tâi-lô: kong-tō
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kongdoi
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² to²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ to³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tǒ͘
*** Tâi-lô: kong-tǒo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ tɔ²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-tǒ
*** Tâi-lô: kong-tǒ
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ to²²/

#### Adjective

公道
* fair; just; equitable

##### Synonyms

* 不阿 (bù'ē) (formal)
* 中和 (zhōnghé) (literary)
* 中正 (zhōngzhèng) (literary)
* 允 (literary, or in compounds)
* 公允 (gōngyǔn)
* 公平 (gōngpíng)
* 公正 (gōngzhèng)
* 公直 (gōngzhí) (literary)
* 大正 (literary)
* 平允 (píngyǔn)
* 平正 (píngzhèng)
* 持平 (chípíng)
* 持正 (chízhèng) (literary)
* 掠平 (Hokkien)

##### Derived terms

* 公道話 / 公道话 (gōngdaohuà)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 公 | 道 |
| こう Grade: 2 | どう Grade: 2 |
| kan'on | kan'yōon |

#### Noun

公(こう)道(どう) • (kōdō)
* public road

##### Antonyms

* 私道(しどう) (shidō): private road

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 公 | 道 |
| こう Grade: 2 | とう Grade: 2 |
| kan'on ||

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ko̞ːto̞ː]

#### Adjective

公(こう)道(とう) • (kōtō) $^†$-nari
* (Classical Japanese) modest and sturdy

##### Inflection

Stem forms :
| Irrealis (未然形) | 公道なら | こうとうなら | koutounara |
| Continuative (連用形) | 公道に$^{[1]}$ 公道なり$^{[2]}$ | こうとうに こうとうなり | koutouni koutounari |
| Terminal (終止形) | 公道なり | こうとうなり | koutounari |
| Attributive (連体形) | 公道なる | こうとうなる | koutounaru |
| Realis (已然形) | 公道なれ | こうとうなれ | koutounare |
| Imperative (命令形) | 公道なれ | こうとうなれ | koutounare |
| Key constructions ||||
| Negative | 公道ならず | こうとうならず | koutounarazu |
| Contrasting conjunction | 公道なれど | こうとうなれど | koutounaredo |
| Causal conjunction | 公道なれば | こうとうなれば | koutounareba |
| Conditional conjunction | 公道ならば | こうとうならば | koutounaraba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 公道なりき | こうとうなりき | koutounariki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 公道なりけり | こうとうなりけり | koutounarikeri |
| Adverbial | 公道に | こうとうに | koutouni |
| $^{[1]}$Without auxiliary verb. $^{[2]}$With auxiliary verb. ||||