táo

See also: tao, tāo, tǎo, tào, tảo, tạo, and Táo

Mandarin

Romanization

táo (tao², Zhuyin ㄊㄠˊ)

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taːw˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [taːw˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [taːw˦˥]
• Homophone: Táo

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 棗 (“date tree”).

Noun

(classifier cây, trái, quả) táo • (枣, 棗)

1. apple
2. jujube ()
3. (rare) jujube (Ziziphus jujuba); jharber ()
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

Etymology 3

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)