道本語

Chinese

		Tao	origin; basis	speech; language
trad. (道本語)		道	本	語
simp. (道本语)		道	本	语

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Toki Pona toki pona (literally “simple language”); an allusion to the Taoist roots of the language's minimalist philosophy.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dàoběnyǔ
(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou⁶ bun² jyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dàoběnyǔ [Phonetic: dàobényǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dàoběnyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: Tao⁴-pên³-yü³
  - Yale: Dàu-běn-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dawbeenyeu
  - Palladius: Даобэньюй (Daobɛnʹjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou⁶ bun² jyu⁵
  - Yale: douh bún yúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou⁶ bun² jy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou⁶ bun² yu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯²² puːn³⁵ jyː¹³/

Proper noun

道本語

Toki Pona

References

Chen Zhongcheng (May 14, 2018), “道本語 (Toki Pona) — 一個只有 118 個詞彙的語言”, in Medium‎