Etymology

daoshi

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Today it means: A person committed to Taoism, a Taoist priest, monk, etc. Full definition →

Chinese 道士
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The story

  1. Chinese · derived from道士“Taoist scholar, scholar of the Way”
  2. English todaydaoshi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 道士 (dàoshì, “Taoist scholar, scholar of the Way”).

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