dao

Meanings

Proper Noun

• Alternative of Tao: the way of nature and/or the ideal way to live one's life.

Noun

• Synonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China.
• A Chinese sword with a curved, single-edged blade, primarily used for slashing and chopping
• A sword and construction tool of the Naga people of India, which has a wooden hilt and grows wider from the narrow hilt to the wide, flat tip.
• Dracontomelon dao (species); a large tree of the family Anacardiaceae; the argus pheasant tree.
• The hard strong wood of the dao used for veneers and cabinetwork.

Origin

• From the pinyin romanization of Chinese 道 or (dào, "circuit").
• From the pinyin romanization of Chinese 刀.
• From Tagalog or Cebuano dao.