Mandarin

Romanization

táo (Zhuyin ㄊㄠˊ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 匋
2. Pinyin transcription of 咷
3. Pinyin transcription of 啕
4. Pinyin transcription of 桃
5. Pinyin transcription of 梼, 檮
6. Pinyin transcription of 洬
7. Pinyin transcription of 涕
8. Pinyin transcription of 淘
9. Pinyin transcription of 濢
10. Pinyin transcription of 祹
11. Pinyin transcription of 籋
12. Pinyin transcription of 綯
13. Pinyin transcription of 绹
14. Pinyin transcription of 萄
15. Pinyin transcription of 裪
16. Pinyin transcription of 跲
17. Pinyin transcription of 迯, 逃
18. Pinyin transcription of 醄
19. Pinyin transcription of 鋾
20. Pinyin transcription of 錭
21. Pinyin transcription of 陶
22. Pinyin transcription of 鞀, 鞉
23. Pinyin transcription of 饀
24. Pinyin transcription of 駣
25. Pinyin transcription of 騊
26. Pinyin transcription of 鼗

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taːw˧ˀ˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [taːw˩ˀ˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [taːw˦ˀ˥]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

(classifier cây, quả) táo ‎(枣, 棗)

1. apple

   quả táo‎

   an apple

   cây táo‎

   an apple tree

2. jujube (Ziziphus mauritiana)
3. (rare) jujube (Ziziphus jujuba); jharber (Ziziphus nummularia)
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

Etymology 2

Shortening of táo bón

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
• ông táo

References

• "táo" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)