From the cmn-wadegiles - romanization of the Mandarin - pronunciation of Chinese 道 (tao⁴).

• IPA: /daʊ/, /taʊ/

1. (Chinese philosophy & religion) Alternative 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.

tao (uncountable)

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.

• (harmonious skill) zen

From the cmn-wadegiles - romanization of Mandarin 道: Tao⁴.

• IPA: /daʊ/, /taʊ/

1. (Chinese philosophy) In Taoism, The Way, specifically the transcendental basis of nature and, and/or the ideal way to live one's life.

• Russian: да́о

tao

1. Alternative form of tao

1. A unisex given name

• IPA: /ˈta.ʊ/

1. an Austronesian ethnic group native to Orchid Island (Lanyu) of Lanyu, Taitung County, Taiwan

• Yami

• IPA: /taʊ/

1. (historical) a historical region of Georgia (country)

• Klarjeti
• Tao-Klarjeti

tao (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Initialism of thyroid-associated orbitopathy