tao

English

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Imperial Chinese circuits

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• dao

Etymology

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 道 (tao⁴).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daʊ/, /taʊ/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aʊ

Proper noun

tao

1. (Chinese philosophy and religion) Alternative letter-case form of Tao: the way of nature or way to live one's life.
   • 2021, Olof G. Lidin, From Taoism to Einstein, page 196:

     The tao of Lao Tzu was a cosmic tao, inner and unwritten, a tao of Nature, while the tao of Confucius was moral and written.

Noun

tao (usually uncountable, plural taos)

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

   the tao of sex... the tao of the heart... the tao of integuments...

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

Synonyms

• (harmonious skill) zen

See also

• ananke

References

Anagrams

• AOT, ATO, OTA, Ota, To'a, oat, toa

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧o
• IPA^(key): /taˈʔo/,

Verb

tào

1. to give

   Itao mo na sakuya an kuwarta.

   Just give me the money.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧o
• IPA^(key): /ˈtaʔo/,

Noun

táo

1. Alternative form of tawo

Butuanon

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau.

Noun

tao

1. person; human

Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑoˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑo
• Syllabification^(key): ta‧o

Verb

tao

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

Etymology 2

From Chinese 道 (dào).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑo/,
• Rhymes: -ɑo
• Syllabification^(key): ta‧o

Noun

tao

1. tao

Declension

Anagrams

• oat, ota

French

Noun

tao m (plural taos)

1. (philosophy) Tao

Further reading

• “tao”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Galo

Noun

tao

1. thorn, splinter

Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, Proto-Austronesian *Cau.

Noun

táo

1. man; person

Verb

táo

1. to be born

Etymology 2

Verb

táo

1. to look after or guard the house

Etymology 3

Verb

taó

1. (Hiniráya, Binukídnon) to give; to donate; to make a present of

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: tao
• Rhymes: -oː

Etymology 1

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

Noun

tao

1. tao

Declension

Derived terms

• taoista
• taoizmus

Etymology 2

Abbreviation from the name of the act on társasági adó és osztalékadó (“corporate tax and dividend tax”).

Noun

tao

1. Acronym of társasági adó és osztalékadó.

Declension

Derived terms

• taózás
• taózik

References

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, Proto-Austronesian *Cau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaʔo/, ,
• Hyphenation: ta‧o

Noun

tao (plural tattao)

1. human; human being; person; man
2. people
3. individual

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

Pronoun

{head|ilo|pronoun}}

1. Alternative form of datao: indefinite pronoun usually referring to the speaker

Italian

Alternative forms

• dao

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tao m (invariable)

1. (philosophy) Tao

Derived terms

• taoismo
• taoista

Anagrams

• -ato

Japanese

Romanization

tao

1. Rōmaji transcription of たお

Malagasy

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

tao

1. act, action
2. preparation

Verb

tao

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

Related terms

Mandarin

Romanization

tao (tao⁵／tao⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄊㄠ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 萄

Romanization

tao

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

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Maori

Noun

tao

1. spear

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

tao

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 道.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɔ
• Syllabification: ta‧o

Noun

tao n (indeclinable)

1. (philosophy, Taoism) Tao (Chinese philosophical term)

   Synonym: dao

Related terms

Further reading

• tao in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tao or English tao.

Noun

tao n (uncountable)

1. tao

Declension

Samoan

Noun

tao

1. spear

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

tao (ma class, plural matao)

1. arch

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tauo — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• tau — obsolete
• tawo — dialectal, Marinduque, Rizal

Etymology

From earlier tawo, from Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau. Cognate with Ilocano tao, Cebuano tawo, Thao caw, Tsou cou, and Motu tau.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtaʔo/, (noun)
  • IPA^(key): /taˈʔo/, (adjective)
• Rhymes: (noun) -aʔo, (adjective) -o
• Syllabification: ta‧o

Noun

tao (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜂ)

1. human; human being; person; man
2. (colloquial) people
3. faces of a coin
4. (games) heads (in heads or tails)

   Synonym: tihaya

   Antonyms: ibon, taob

5. (colloquial) husband
6. person left alone in a place as a guard or caretaker (when others are away)

   Synonyms: bantay, tanod

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

Adjective

taó (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜂ)

1. (obsolete) mortal; deadly; fatal

   Synonyms: nakamamatay, mortal, (archaic) palana

Derived terms

• tumao

Further reading

• “tao”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*Cau”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (North Central Vietnam) tau
• (abbreviation) t

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *soː (“I; me”). Cognate with Thavung โซว.

There are 1st person single pronouns in Northern Austroasiatic branches with back vocalism and null-initial such as Mang ʔuː⁴, Khmu ʔoʔ, Riang ʔoʔ¹, Pnar o. However, the only case of competing *s- vs. null-onset in Vietic is Proto-Vietic *suh ~ *ʔuh (“nest”), which gave rise to Vietnamese tổ and ổ respectively.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key):
• (Huế) IPA^(key):
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key):

Pronoun

tao • (蚤, 騷, 遭)

1. (impolite, familiar, disrespectful or hostile) I/me

   Antonyms: mày, mi

Anagrams

• toa

Yami

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau.

Noun

tao

1. person; human