From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 道 (Dào, literally “The Way”): Tao⁴.
Meanings
(Chinese) In Taoism, The Way, specifically the transcendental basis of nature and, and/or the ideal way to live one's life.
Nor is progress exclusively a Western invention. Many interpret the Tao of ancient China as a guide for those who wish to progress as they make their way forward in the world—though its conception of progress is very different from what emerged in the West. 2013, Al Gore, The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page xx:
chr ᏔᎣ (Chinese philosophical term) · ru да́о (Chinese philosophical term) · mr टाओ (Chinese philosophical term) · pl dao (Chinese philosophical term) · bg да́о (Chinese philosophical term) · mr टाउ (Chinese philosophical term) · vi đạo (Chinese philosophical term) · fi tao (Chinese philosophical term) · yue 道 (Chinese philosophical term) · cmn 道 (Chinese philosophical term) · ko 도 (Chinese philosophical term) · pl tao (Chinese philosophical term)
Tao en · PROPN · etymology 2
Meanings
A unisex given name from Mandarin.
Tao en · PROPN · etymology 3
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 陶 (Táo).
Meanings
A surname from Mandarin.
When mathematicians face a question they cannot answer, they sometimes devise a less stringent question, in the hope that solving it will provide insights. This is the path that Tao took in 2004, in collaboration with Ben Green of Oxford. 2015 July 24, Gareth Cook, “The Singular Mind of Terry Tao”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2020:
Borrowed from Yami Tao (“the Tao/Yami language”), from Yami tao (“human; person”), from Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau. Compare Ibatan tawo, Tagalog tao, Ilocano tao.
Meanings
an Austronesian ethnic group native to Orchid Island (Lanyu) of Lanyu, Taitung County, Taiwan