道 counts things that form a line, such as a crack, a ray of light or a stripe. It also counts questions in an exam, dishes in a meal, orders, and doors or walls that you pass through.
- 一道题a question (in an exam)
- 一道菜a dish
- 一道光a ray of light
28 nouns that take 道
Most common first光light; ray; bright; shiny命令order; command城city walls; city菜vegetable; greens; dish (of food)河river; (bound form) the Yellow River缝to sew; to stitch题topic; problem for discussion闪电lightning弯to bend; bent裂缝crack; crevice光线light ray; light手脚hand and foot; movement of limbs伤疤scar彩虹rainbow漆paint; lacquer江river手续procedure; formalities沟ditch; gutter题目subject; title; topic; exercise or exam question防线defensive line or perimeter皱纹wrinkle断层fault (geology); (fig.) gap围墙perimeter wall; fence铁丝网wire netting封锁线blockade line; cordon关卡checkpoint (for taxation, security etc); barrier偏题to go off-topic; to stray from the topic; obscure question; trick exam question; catch question璺a crack (in porcelain, glassware etc)
More measure words
The nouns come from the measure-word notes in CC-CEDICT, ordered by how often each word appears in film and TV subtitles. Many nouns take more than one measure word, and 个 often works in casual speech.
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