Chinese Jian sword

[Bill M]

Originally Posted by KuKulzA28

饕餮 is pronounced tāo tiè

so the first word the _āo is like the ou in "ouch", tāo in a neutral tone
and tiè, not like a bow-tie but tee-eh except all connected with the last eh sound having a "downwards" tone

Some folks like the numbers to indicate tone, others like the way I shown here...

like BluErf already mentioned, it's some mythical beast

Hope this helps.

Ah, so the T is pronounced as a hard T. I had heard Tao pronounced "Dow", but should be "tow" as in "ouch"?

It seems the "Tao" has something to do with your spiritual path.

So the phrase "TaoTiè" is this the name of the mythical beast? Or is it a phrase?