导 (dǎo) means Lead (guide - conduct). Below are 24 of the 41 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他 导 演过很多话剧。
Tā dǎoyǎn guo hěn duō huàjù.
He has directed many stage plays.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 导演
老师给他辅 导 数学。
Lǎoshī gěi tā fǔdǎo shùxué.
The teacher tutors him in maths.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 辅导
周末我参加辅 导 班。
Zhōumò wǒ cānjiā fǔdǎo bān.
I go to a tutoring class at the weekend.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 辅导
这个项目由她领 导 。
Zhège xiàngmù yóu tā lǐngdǎo.
This project is led by her.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 领导
他在这个城市当 导 游。
Tā zài zhège chéngshì dāng dǎoyóu.
He works as a tour guide in this city.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 导游
粗心 导 致了这次事故。
Cūxīn dǎozhì le zhè cì shìgù.
Carelessness caused this accident.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 导致
熬夜会 导 致身体变差。
Áoyè huì dǎozhì shēntǐ biàn chà.
Staying up late leads to worse health.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 导致
老师指 导 我们做实验。
Lǎoshī zhǐdǎo wǒmen zuò shíyàn.
The teacher guides us through the experiment.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 指导
领 导 采纳了他的建议。
Lǐngdǎo cǎinà le tā de jiànyì.
The management adopted his suggestion.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 采纳
铜是很好的 导 电材料。
Tóng shì hěn hǎo de dǎodiàn cáiliào.
Copper is a good conductor of electricity.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 铜
导 游带我们参观了故宫。
Dǎoyóu dài wǒmen cānguān le Gùgōng.
The guide took us round the Forbidden City.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 导游
这部电影的 导 演很有名。
Zhè bù diànyǐng de dǎoyǎn hěn yǒumíng.
The director of this film is famous.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 导演
双方同意削减 导 弹数量。
Shuāngfāng tóngyì xuējiǎn dǎodàn shùliàng.
Both sides agreed to reduce the number of missiles.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 导弹
这点小事不必惊动领 导 。
Zhè diǎn xiǎoshì búbì jīngdòng lǐngdǎo.
There is no need to trouble the boss over such a small thing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 惊动
他是个作风民主的领 导 。
Tā shì ge zuòfēng mínzhǔ de lǐngdǎo.
He is a leader with a democratic style.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 民主
领 导 者要有决断的气魄。
Lǐngdǎozhě yào yǒu juéduàn de qìpò.
A leader needs the boldness to decide.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 气魄
这件事要先向领 导 请示。
Zhè jiàn shì yào xiān xiàng lǐngdǎo qǐngshì.
Instructions must be sought from the leadership on this first.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 请示
领 导 到医院慰问了伤员。
Lǐngdǎo dào yīyuàn wèiwèn le shāngyuán.
The leaders visited the injured in hospital to express sympathy.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 慰问
他们请了一位当地向 导 。
Tāmen qǐng le yí wèi dāngdì xiàngdǎo.
They hired a local guide.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 向导
没有向 导 ，进山很危险。
Méiyǒu xiàngdǎo, jìn shān hěn wēixiǎn.
Going into the mountains without a guide is dangerous.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 向导
他的意见起了主 导 作用。
Tā de yìjiàn qǐ le zhǔdǎo zuòyòng.
His view played the leading role.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 主导
手机 导 航把我们带错了路。
Shǒujī dǎoháng bǎ wǒmen dài cuò le lù.
The phone navigation took us the wrong way.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 导航
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导 appears in 41 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 导
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Questions about 导
How is 导 used in a sentence?
This page shows 41 sentences using 导 (dǎo, "Lead (guide - conduct)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 导 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 导 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 导?
The dictionary page for 导 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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