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

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• 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–Hong Kong)⁺
    • 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

1. Toki Pona

References

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