Dao

Quick meaning: Dao is a noun meaning Any of various traditional Chinese swords with a curved, single-edged blade, primarily used for slashing and chopping.

Meaning

Any of various traditional Chinese swords with a curved, single-edged blade, primarily used for slashing and chopping.

More Meanings

1. (Chinese philosophy) Alternative form of Tao: the way of nature and/or the ideal way to live one's life.
2. Dracontomelon dao; a large tree of the family Anacardiaceae; the argus pheasant tree.
3. The hard strong wood of the dao used for veneers and cabinetwork.
4. 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.
5. Alternative form of dah (“Burmese knife or sword”).
6. (historical) Synonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China.

Word Forms

• daos

Synonyms for dao

Depending on context, synonyms include circuit.

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