EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Sinitic 道 (dào; Wade-Giles tao) ‘way, path’.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tao (uncountable)
- (Taoism) The essential principle underlying existence; ultimate reality.
- (Confucianism) The way or path to be followed.
TranslationsEdit
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
FinnishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
tao
- Indicative present connegative form of takoa.
- Second person singular imperative present form of takoa.
- Second person singular imperative present connegative form of takoa.
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tao
DeclensionEdit
AnagramsEdit
HungarianEdit
IlocanoEdit
JapaneseEdit
MalagasyEdit
PronunciationEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian. Compare Indonesian taruh
VerbEdit
tao
- to do
- to arm, take precautions
Related termsEdit
| Focus (Voice) | |
| Agent (Active) |
man-form: manao |
| mi-form: mitao | |
| om-form: -- | |
| Patient (Passive) |
-- |
| alternate: -- | |
| a-form: atao | |
| voa-form: voatao | |
| tafa-form: -- | |
| Goal (Relative) |
an-form: anaovana |
| i-form: itaovana |
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
tao
- Nonstandard spelling of tāo.
- Nonstandard spelling of táo.
- Nonstandard spelling of tǎo.
- Nonstandard spelling of tào.
Usage notesEdit
- 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.