English

Proper noun

Kao

1. A community in Lesotho

Japanese

Romanization

kao

1. rōmaji reading of かお

Mandarin

Romanization

kao

1. Nonstandard spelling of kāo.
2. Nonstandard spelling of káo.
3. Nonstandard spelling of kǎo.
4. Nonstandard spelling of kào.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From kȁko.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâo/
• Hyphenation: ka‧o

Adverb

kȁo ‎(Cyrillic spelling ка̏о)

1. as, like

Conjunction

kȁo ‎(Cyrillic spelling ка̏о)

1. as, like