mao

Angor

Noun

mao

1. taro

Mandarin

Romanization

mao

1. Nonstandard spelling of māo.
2. Nonstandard spelling of máo.
3. Nonstandard spelling of mǎo.
4. Nonstandard spelling of mào.

Usage notes

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

Swedish

Initialism

mao

1. med andra ord (in other words)