táo

See also: tao, tāo, tǎo, tào, tảo, tạo, and Táo

Mandarin

Romanization

táo (tao², Zhuyin ㄊㄠˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 匋
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 咷
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 啕
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 桃
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 檮 / 梼
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 洬
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 涕
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 淘
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 濢
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 祹
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 籋 / 𥬞
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 綯 / 绹
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 萄
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 裪
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 跲
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 迯, 逃
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 醄
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鋾 / 𰾏
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 錭 / 𬭕
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 陶
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鞀 / 鼗, 鞉
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 饀 / 𬳊
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 駣 / 𱅏
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 騊 / 𫘦
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼗

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taːw˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [taːw˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [taːw˦˥]
• (Quảng Nam) IPA^(key): [to˦˥]
• Homophone: Táo

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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 棗 (“date tree”).

Noun

(classifier cây, trái, quả) táo • (棗)

1. apple
2. jujube (Ziziphus mauritiana)
3. (rare) jujube (Ziziphus jujuba); jharber (Ziziphus nummularia)
4. (Southern Vietnam) plum

Synonyms

• (apple): táo tây, bom (dated), bôm (dialectal)
• (Ziziphus mauritiana): táo ta
• (Ziziphus jujuba): táo tàu
• (plum): mận (Northern Vietnam)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• chi Táo mèo
• chi Táo ta
• chuối táo quạ
• giấm táo
• họ Táo
• nước táo
• rượu táo
• táo Adam
• táo caramen
• táo chua
• táo dại
• táo đen
• táo đỏ
• táo đường
• táo lâu
• táo mèo
• táo muối
• táo na
• táo nhám
• táo Phú Sĩ
• táo rừng
• táo ta
• táo tàu
• táo tây
• táo tây dại
• tiểu táo
• trung táo

Etymology 2

Shortening of táo bón; Sino-Vietnamese word from 燥.

Noun

táo • (燥)

1. (colloquial) constipation

Synonyms

• (constipation): táo bón

Etymology 3

Romanization

táo

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 澡
2. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 躁
3. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 掃
4. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 臊
5. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 燥
6. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 氉
7. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 竈
8. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 噪
9. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 趮
10. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 譟
11. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 棗
12. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 灶
13. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 棘
14. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 埽
15. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 喿
16. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 橾

See also

• táo bạo

References

• "táo" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)