táo

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 梼, 檮.
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.
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 綯.
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 绹.
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 萄.
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 裪.
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 跲.
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 迯, 逃.
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 醄.
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鋾.
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 錭.
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 陶.
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鞀, 鞉.
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 饀.
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 駣.
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 騊.
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鼗.

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taːw˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [taːw˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) 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 • (枣, 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

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 扫
9. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 噪
10. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 趮
11. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 譟
12. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 棗
13. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 灶
14. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 棘
15. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 埽
16. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 喿
17. 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)