Tao

[PHILBERT]

Quick question. Is Tao pronounced "Tay-Oh" or is it "Tow" as in "Towel"? Thanks.

[norther practitioner]

tao=
dow like
dow jones industrial
dowel
etc.
It is not a t sound at all really more like a d

[apoweyn]

in the wade giles translation system, a 't' is pronounced as a 'd.' to get a real 't' sound, the wade giles system uses a 't'' (with the apostrophe).

the pinyin translation system (which a lot of people seem to think is more user friendly) spells it 'dao.'


stuart b.

[PHILBERT]

Oh ok, thanks. I didn't know it was pronounced with a D sound. Cool, I learned something new today.

[apoweyn]

knew that class in asian philosophy would come in handy one of these days.

:)