tao
noun/daʊ/ · /taʊ/
Etymology From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 道 (tao⁴).
1
Broadly, Usually The art or skill of doing something in harmony with the essential nature of the thing.
- the tao of sex... the tao of the heart... the tao of integuments...
2
Historical, Obsolete, Usually Synonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China.