tao

• dao

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Chinese 道 (Dào, literally “the Way”).

• IPA^(key): /daʊ/, /taʊ/
• Rhymes: -aʊ

tao

1. (Chinese philosophy) Alternative letter-case form of Tao: the way of nature, or way to live one's life.

tao (usually uncountable, plural taos)

1. (by extension) The art or skill of doing something in harmony with the essential nature of the thing.

   Synonym: zen

   the tao of archery

2. (historical, obsolete) Synonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China.

• ananke

• AOT, ATO, OTA, Ota, To'a, oat, toa

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑoˣ/, [ˈt̪ɑo̞(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: ta‧o

tao

1. inflection of takoa:
   1. indicative present connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative present/present connegative

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑo/, [ˈt̪ɑo̞]
• Hyphenation: ta‧o

tao

1. tao

• oat, ota

Borrowed from Mandarin 道 (dào, “way, path”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒo]
• Hyphenation: tao

tao

1. tao

• taoista
• taoizmus

tao

1. person
2. human

• dao

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Chinese 道 (Dào, literally “the Way”) or (dào, "circuit")

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.o/, [ˈt̪äːo]
• Rhymes: -ao
• Hyphenation: tà‧o

tao m (invariable)

1. (philosophy) Tao

• taoismo
• taoista

tao

1. Rōmaji transcription of たお

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀuq. Compare Indonesian taruh.

• IPA^(key): [to]

tao

1. act, action
2. preparation

tao

1. to do
2. to prepare, arm, take precautions

tao

1. Nonstandard spelling of tāo.
2. Nonstandard spelling of táo.
3. Nonstandard spelling of tǎo.
4. Nonstandard spelling of tào.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

tao

1. spear

tao

1. spear

• tauo, tau (obsolete)

From Classical Tagalog ᜆᜂ (tao), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau. Cognate with Thao caw, Ilocano tao, Cebuano tawo, and Motu tau.

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ʔo/
• Hyphenation: ta‧o

tao

1. human, human being, person, man
2. one of the faces of a coin

   Synonym: tihaya

3. husband
4. a person left alone in a place as a guard or caretaker

   Synonyms: bantay, tanod

• IPA^(key): /ta.ˈʔo/

taó

1. (archaic) mortal

• tau

From Proto-Vietic *soː (“I; me”).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taːw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [taːw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [taːw˧˧]

tao (傮, 蚤, 𠋺)

1. (informal, familiar or self-conceited) I; me (used to indicate a position superior to that of the person being addressed; corresponds to the second person pronoun mày)

• (I): mình

• mày; mi (“you”)

tao

1. person; human