Yáo zú
Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia
Yáo
surname Yao
Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
yào
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
yāo
to demand
to request
to coerce
yāo
to weigh in a balance or on a scale
yào
medicine
drug
substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]
to poison
yāo
waist
lower back
pocket
middle
loins
yāo
to invite
to request
to intercept
to solicit
to seek
yáo
Japanese variant of 搖|摇[yao2]
sì rén bāng
Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元, Wang Hongwen 王洪文, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
qióng yáo
Chiung Yao (Taiwanese writer)
yǎo
deep
quiet and elegant
variant of 杳[yao3]
yáo
to shake
to rock
to row
to crank
gāo yao
herbal plaster applied to a wound
yáo
kiln
oven
coal pit
cave dwelling
(coll.) brothel
yáo
distant
remote
far
far away
yào
bright
glorious
one of the seven planets of pre-modern astronomy
yāo
goblin
witch
devil
bewitching
enchanting
monster
phantom
demon
yāo
tender
gentle
to die prematurely
Yáo Míng
Yao Ming (1980-), retired Chinese basketball player, played for CBA Shanghai Sharks 1997-2002 and for NBA Houston Rockets 2002-2011
yáo
variant of 堯|尧, legendary emperor Yao, c. 2200 BC
embankment
yāo
youngest
most junior
tiny
one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military)
one or ace on dice or dominoes
variant of 吆[yao1], to shout
yáo
the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶
Yáo
Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia
surname Yao
yáo
jade
precious stone
mother-of-pearl
nacre
precious
used a complementary honorific
líng
to dawdle
the name of the father of the Emperor Yao
yāo
to shout
to bawl
to yell (to urge on an animal)
to hawk (one's wares)
yào
sparrow hawk
Accipiter nisus
wǔ dì
Five Emperors from legendary times
possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them
usually taken to be Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] and four of his sons Zhuan Xu 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuan1 Xu1], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[Tang2 Yao2], Yu Shun 虞舜[Yu2 Shun4]
xiān wáng
former kings
former emperors
in Confucian writing, refers esp. to the sage rulers Yao 堯|尧[Yao2], Shun 舜[Shun4], Yu 禹[Yu3], Tang 湯|汤[Tang1] and the kings of Zhou
Gōng chéng
Gongcheng Yao autonomous county in Guilin 桂林[Gui4 lin2], Guangxi
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