Meaning of Tao | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Tao: the way of nature or way to live one's life.
   Chinese, alt-of
2. The art or skill of doing something in harmony with the essential nature of the thing.
   broadly, uncountable, usually
3. In Taoism, The Way, specifically the transcendental basis of nature and, and/or the ideal way to live one's life.
   Chinese
4. A unisex given name from Mandarin.
5. A surname from Mandarin.
6. an Austronesian ethnic group native to Orchid Island (Lanyu) of Lanyu, Taitung County, Taiwan
7. a historical region of Georgia (country)
   historical
8. Initialism of thyroid-associated orbitopathy.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
9. Synonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China.
   historical, obsolete, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“The tao of Lao Tzu was a cosmic tao, inner and unwritten, a tao of Nature, while the tao of Confucius was moral and written.”

“the tao of sex... the tao of the heart... the tao of integuments...”

“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.”

“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.”

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