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耀

yào

HSK 6 Character

What 耀 means

1. brilliant
2. glorious

Example sentences

• 月光在照耀着。
  Yuèguāng zài zhàoyào zhe.
  The moon is shining.
• 荣耀归于乌克兰！
  Róngyào guīyú Wūkèlán!
  Glory to Ukraine!
• 不要太炫耀这个了。
  Bù yào tài xuànyào zhège le.
  Stop being so arrogant about this.
• 走向前去，为荣耀！
  Onwards, to glory!
• 雅尼炫耀他的新车。
  Yanni was showing off his new car.
• 他以为他们渴望荣耀。
  Tā yǐwéi tāmen kěwàng róngyào.
  He thinks that they are eager for glory.

Words starting with 耀

• 耀眼yào yǎnto dazzle; dazzling
• 耀武扬威yào wǔ yáng wēito show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around; to bluff; to bluster
• 耀德yào déto hold up as a virtuous example
• 耀西Yào xīYoshi (Nintendo video game character)
• 耀州区Yào zhōu QūYaozhou, a district of Tongchuan City 铜川市
• 耀斑yào bānsolar flare
• 耀州Yào zhōusee 耀州区

Words containing 耀

• 照耀zhào yàoto shine; to illuminate
• 炫耀xuàn yàodazzling; to show off; to flaunt
• 胡耀邦Hú Yào bāngHu Yaobang (1915-1989), Chinese politician
• 荣耀róng yàohonor; glory
• 闪耀shǎn yàoto glint; to glitter; to sparkle
• 夸耀kuā yàoto brag about; to flaunt
• 光耀guāng yàodazzling; brilliant
• 显耀xiǎn yàoto show off
• 李光耀Lǐ Guāng yàoLee Kuan Yew (1923-2015), founding father of modern Singapore, prime minister 1959-1990
• 光宗耀祖guāng zōng yào zǔto bring honor to one's ancestors
• 眩耀xuàn yàogiddy; confused; variant of 炫耀
• 炳耀bǐng yàobright and luminous
• 熠耀yì yàoto shine; to glitter
• 光耀门楣guāng yào mén méisplendor shines on the family's door (idiom); fig. to bring honor to one's family
• 荣宗耀祖róng zōng yào zǔsee 光宗耀祖

Characters that look like 耀

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

• 躏lìnused in 蹂躏
• 孀shuāng(bound form) widow
• 鳕xuěcodfish; Gadus macrocephalus
• 獾huānbadger
• 蹿cuānto leap up; (colloquial) to gush out; to spurt out
• 蹶juéto stumble; to trample; to kick (of horse)

Sounds the same

Read yào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 要to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
• 药leaf of the iris; variant of 药
• 曜bright; glorious; one of the seven planets of premodern astronomy
• 鹞sparrow hawk; Accipiter nisus
• 燿brilliant; glorious
• 靿the leg of a boot or sock
• 疟used in 疟子
• 袎variant of 靿