Definition of "dao"

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

(Chinese philosophy) Alternative form of Tao: the way of nature and/or the ideal way to live one's life.  examples

(historical) Synonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China.

Alternative form of dah (“Burmese knife or sword”)  examples

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.  examples

Dracontomelon dao; a large tree of the family Anacardiaceae; the argus pheasant tree.  examples

The hard strong wood of the dao used for veneers and cabinetwork.  examples