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Sometimes you see 'Taoism' spelled with a 'T' other times a 'D' Daoism Which of those two English letters exactly reproduces the Chinese sound instead of being an approximation of it?
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∙ 13y ago
Neither exactly reproduces the sound.. Translating Chinese pronunciations into English spellings is hard stuff; spelling it as 'Taoism' or 'Daoism' is perfectly acceptable, because neither letter truly captures the original sound. The Chinese word begins with an unaspirated T, a sound which is not present in English and which sounds like a T or a D to native English speakers. Thanks to alison_lb for this clarification.
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