road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]), (bound form) way; reason; principle, (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization, (Daoism) the Way; the Dao, to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel), (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words), classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process, (old) circuit (administrative division)
texture, grain (of wood), inner essence, intrinsic order, reason, logic, truth, science, natural science (esp. physics), to manage, to pay attention to, to run (affairs), to handle, to put in order, to tidy up