different between tao vs nao
tao
English
Alternative forms
- dao
Etymology
From the Wade-Giles romanization of Chinese ? (Dào, literally “the Way”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /da?/, /ta?/
- Rhymes: -a?
Proper noun
tao
- (Chinese philosophy) Alternative letter-case form of Tao: the way of nature, or way to live one's life.
Noun
tao (usually uncountable, plural taos)
- (by extension) The art or skill of doing something in harmony with the essential nature of the thing.
- Synonym: zen
- the tao of archery
- (historical, obsolete) Synonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China.
See also
- ananke
Anagrams
- AOT, ATO, OTA, Ota, To'a, oat, toa
Bikol Central
Verb
taó
- to give
Butuanon
Noun
tao
- person; human
Finnish
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?o?/, [?t??o?(?)]
- Rhymes: -?o
- Syllabification: ta?o
Verb
tao
- inflection of takoa:
- indicative present connegative
- second-person singular imperative present/present connegative
Etymology 2
From Chinese ? (dào).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?o/, [?t??o?]
- Rhymes: -?o
- Syllabification: ta?o
Noun
tao
- tao
Declension
Anagrams
- oat, ota
French
Noun
tao m (plural taos)
- (philosophy) Tao
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t?o?]
- Hyphenation: tao
- Rhymes: -o?
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Mandarin ? (dào, “way, path”).
Noun
tao
- 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
- Acronym of társasági adó és osztalékadó.
Declension
Derived terms
- taózás
- taózik
References
Ilocano
Noun
tao
- person
- human
Italian
Alternative forms
- dao
Etymology
From the Wade-Giles romanization of Chinese ? (Dào, literally “the Way”) or (dào, "circuit")
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ta.o/
- Rhymes: -ao
- Hyphenation: tà?o
Noun
tao m (invariable)
- (philosophy) Tao
Derived terms
- taoismo
- taoista
Japanese
Romanization
tao
- R?maji transcription of ??
Malagasy
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ta?uq. Compare Indonesian taruh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [to]
Noun
tao
- act, action
- preparation
Verb
tao
- to do
- to prepare, arm, take precautions
Related terms
Mandarin
Romanization
tao
- Nonstandard spelling of t?o.
- Nonstandard spelling of táo.
- Nonstandard spelling of t?o.
- Nonstandard spelling of tào.
Usage notes
- 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.
Maori
Noun
tao
- spear
Samoan
Noun
tao
- spear
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
tao (ma class, plural matao)
- arch
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- tauo, tau (obsolete)
- tawo (obsolete)
Etymology
From Tagalog tawo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau. Cognate with Thao caw, Ilocano tao, Cebuano tawo, and Motu tau.
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /?ta.?o/
- Hyphenation: ta?o
Noun
tao
- human, human being, person, man
- one of the faces of a coin
- Synonym: tihaya
- husband
- a person left alone in a place as a guard or caretaker
- Synonyms: bantay, tanod
Related terms
Derived terms
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /ta.??o/
Adjective
taó
- (archaic) mortal
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- (North Central Vietnam) tau
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *so? (“I; me”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [ta?w??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [ta?w??]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ta?w??]
Pronoun
tao • (?, ?, ????)
- (impolite, familiar, disrepectful or hostile) I/me
- Antonyms: mày, mi
Yami
Noun
tao
- person; human
tao From the web:
- what tao means
- what taoism
- what taoism means
- what tao means crossword
- what taoism beliefs
- what tao stands for
- what taoism believe
- what taoist element am i
nao
English
Adjective
nao
- (Internet slang, humorous) Alternative form of now
Adverb
nao
- (Internet slang, humorous) Alternative form of now
Anagrams
- AON, ONA, Ona, ano-, noa
Dutch Low Saxon
Etymology
Cognate with Dutch na.
Preposition
nao
- after
Galician
Etymology
Attested since 1350; from Old Catalan or Old Occitan nau, from Latin navis. Doublet of nave. Compare also Portuguese nau.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?na??/
Noun
nao f (plural naos)
- (nautical, historical) a three or four-masted sailing ship used all along the 15th century and early 16th; carrack
- 1384, M. A. Comesaña Martínez (ed.), O tombo do Hospital e Ermida de santa María do Camiño de Pontevedra. Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 99:
- nao ou baixel ou outro navio que a esta villa viesen que trouxese sal des huun milleyro e medio de sal arriba que lles desen tres faneigas grandes de sal aos ditos lazerados
- carrack or vessel or other ship that to this town came bringing salt, from a thousand and a hald of salt up, they shall give three large bushels of salt to said lepers
- nao ou baixel ou outro navio que a esta villa viesen que trouxese sal des huun milleyro e medio de sal arriba que lles desen tres faneigas grandes de sal aos ditos lazerados
- 1384, M. A. Comesaña Martínez (ed.), O tombo do Hospital e Ermida de santa María do Camiño de Pontevedra. Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 99:
References
- “nao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “nao” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “nao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “nao” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
German Low German
Alternative forms
- Low Prussian: nâ, noa, nah
- Mecklenburgisch: nå, nâ, nah
- Westphalian:
- East Westphalian: näu (Ravensberg)
- Sauerländisch, East Westphalian (Lippe), South Westphalian (Dortmund): no
- Sauerländisch: noh (Hochsauerland, Olpe)
- Eastphalian: noah (Wedemark)
Etymology
From Middle Low German nâch, nâ, from Old Saxon n?h,
Preposition
nao
- (Märkisch, Westphalian) to, towards
- Synonym: tau
References
Japanese
Romanization
nao
- R?maji transcription of ??
Mandarin
Romanization
nao
- Nonstandard spelling of n?o.
- Nonstandard spelling of náo.
- Nonstandard spelling of n?o.
- Nonstandard spelling of nào.
Usage notes
- 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.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
nao f (plural naos)
- Obsolete spelling of nau
Spanish
Etymology
From Catalan nau, ultimately from Latin navis. Doublet of nave.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nao/, [?na.o]
Noun
nao f (plural naos)
- (poetic) a ship, a vessel
Swahili
Pronunciation
Prepositional phrase
nao
- Contraction of na wao: and them, or with them
- inflection of na:
- m-wa class object inflected plural
- m-mi class object inflected singular
- u class object inflected
See also
Object-inflected forms of na:
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [na?w??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [na?w??]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [na?w??]
Etymology 1
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese ? (SV: n?o).
Adjective
nao • (?) (phonemic reduplicative nao nao)
- anxious; uneasy
Derived terms
See also
- náo
Etymology 2
Pronoun
nao
- (archaic, literary) Alternative form of nào (“which”)
nao From the web:
- what naoh
- what naomi means
- what naomi is will smith talking about
- what nao means
- what naomi osaka did
- what naoh means
- what naomi campbell eats
- what naomi did in the bible