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瑶

yáo

Character Traditional 瑤

What 瑶 means

1. jade
2. precious stone
3. mother-of-pearl
4. nacre
5. precious
6. used a complementary honorific

Other readings

瑶 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Yáosurname Yao; Yao ethnic group

Example sentences

• 苗瑶语系的语言分布于东南亚和中国南方山区。
  Languages in the Hmong-Mien language family, also referred to as the Miao-Yao language family, are spoken across Southeast Asia and mountainous areas of southern China.

Words starting with 瑶

• 瑶族Yáo zúYao ethnic group
• 瑶池Yáo chíthe Jade lake on Mount Kunlun, residence of Xi Wangmu 西王母
• 瑶海区Yáo hǎi QūYaohai, a district of Hefei City 合肥市
• 瑶之圃Yáo zhī pǔjade garden of celestial ruler; paradise
• 瑶柱yáo zhùsee 干贝
• 瑶海Yáo hǎisee 瑶海区

Words containing 瑶

• 琼瑶Qióng YáoChiung Yao (1938–2024), Taiwanese writer
• 乳源瑶族自治县Rǔ yuán Yáo zú Zì zhì xiànRuyuan Yao Autonomous County, in Shaoguan City 韶关市
• 大化瑶族自治县Dà huà Yáo zú Zì zhì xiànDahua Yao Autonomous County, in Hechi City 河池市
• 富川瑶族自治县Fù chuān Yáo zú Zì zhì xiànFuchuan Yao Autonomous County, in Hezhou City 贺州市
• 巴马瑶族自治县Bā mǎ Yáo zú Zì zhì xiànBama Yao Autonomous County, in Hechi City 河池市
• 恭城瑶族自治县Gōng chéng Yáo zú Zì zhì xiànGongcheng Yao Autonomous County, in Guilin City 桂林市
• 江华瑶族自治县Jiāng huá Yáo zú Zì zhì xiànJianghua Yao Autonomous County, in Yongzhou City 永州市
• 河口瑶族自治县Hé kǒu Yáo zú Zì zhì xiànHekou Yao Autonomous County, in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 红河哈尼族彝族自治州
• 连南瑶族自治县Lián nán Yáo zú Zì zhì xiànLiannan Yao Autonomous County, in Qingyuan City 清远市
• 都安瑶族自治县Dū ān Yáo zú Zì zhì xiànDu'an Yao Autonomous County, in Hechi City 河池市
• 金秀瑶族自治县Jīn xiù Yáo zú Zì zhì xiànJinxiu Yao Autonomous County, in Laibin City 来宾市
• 连山壮族瑶族自治县Lián shān Zhuàng zú Yáo zú Zì zhì xiànLianshan Zhuang and Yao Autonomous County, in Qingyuan City 清远市
• 金平苗族瑶族傣族自治县Jīn píng Miáo zú Yáo zú Dǎi zú Zì zhì xiànJinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County, in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture…

Characters built on 䍃

These share the phonetic component 䍃 (yáo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row
• 遥yáo(bound form) distant; remote; far away
• 谣yáopopular ballad; rumor
• 鳐yáoray (cartilaginous fish, including skates)
• 鹞yàosparrow hawk; Accipiter nisus
• 徭yáocompulsory service
• 繇yáofolk-song; forced labor

Characters that look like 瑶

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 瑞ruìlucky; auspicious; propitious
• 端duān(bound form) tip; end; extremity; (bound form) aspect; facet; (bound form) upright; proper
• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row
• 缝féngto sew; to stitch
• 瞄miáoto take aim; (fig.) to aim one's looks at; to glance at
• 蝠fú(bound form) bat

Sounds the same

Read yáo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 摇to shake; to rock; to row
• 遥(bound form) distant; remote; far away
• 肴meat dishes; mixed viands
• 谣popular ballad; rumor
• 姚handsome; good-looking
• 窑kiln; oven; coal pit
• 侥used in 僬侥
• 爻the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦
• 鳐ray (cartilaginous fish, including skates)
• 徭compulsory service
• 繇folk-song; forced labor
• 珧mother-of-pearl