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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified HSK
要 yào	要 \| 要* \| *要	to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是) / (bound form) important	HSK 1


藥 yào	藥 \| 藥* \| *藥	medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL: 種｜种, 服, 味 / to poison	药 HSK 2


葯 yào	葯 \| 葯* \| *葯	leaf of the iris / variant of 藥｜药	药 HSK 2


搖 yáo	搖 \| 搖* \| *搖	to shake / to rock / to row / to crank	摇 HSK 4


腰 yāo	腰 \| 腰* \| *腰	the waist and lower back / (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) / the waist of trousers or a skirt / (metonym) money pouch; pocket / (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)	HSK 4


咬 yǎo	咬 \| 咬* \| *咬	to bite / to nip	HSK 5


齩 yǎo	齩 \| 齩* \| *齩	variant of 咬	咬 HSK 5


邀 yāo	邀 \| 邀* \| *邀	to invite / to request / to intercept / to solicit / to seek	HSK 7-9


窯 yáo	窯 \| 窯* \| *窯	kiln / oven / coal pit / cave dwelling / (coll.) brothel	窑 HSK 7-9


窰 yáo	窰 \| 窰* \| *窰	variant of 窯｜窑	窑 HSK 7-9


杳 yǎo	杳 \| 杳* \| *杳	dark and quiet / disappear


約 yāo	約 \| 約* \| *約	to weigh in a balance or on a scale	约


姚 Yáo	姚 \| 姚* \| *姚	surname Yao


姚 yáo	姚 \| 姚* \| *姚	handsome / good-looking


妖 yāo	妖 \| 妖* \| *妖	goblin / witch / devil / bewitching / enchanting / monster / phantom / demon


堯 Yáo	堯 \| 堯* \| *堯	surname Yao / Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of the Five legendary Emperors 五帝, second son of Di Ku 帝嚳｜帝喾	尧


搖 Yáo	搖 \| 搖* \| *搖	surname Yao	摇


遙 yáo	遙 \| 遙* \| *遙	(bound form) distant; remote; far away	遥


耀 yào	耀 \| 耀* \| *耀	brilliant / glorious


瑤 Yáo	瑤 \| 瑤* \| *瑤	Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia / surname Yao	瑶


瑤 yáo	瑤 \| 瑤* \| *瑤	jade / precious stone / mother-of-pearl / nacre / precious / used a complementary honorific	瑶


婹 yǎo	婹 \| 婹* \| *婹	svelte / sylphlike


要 yāo	要 \| 要* \| *要	(bound form) to demand; to coerce


么 Yāo	么 \| 么* \| *么	surname Yao	幺


謠 yáo	謠 \| 謠* \| *謠	popular ballad / rumor	谣


摿 yáo	摿 \| 摿* \| *摿	erroneous variant of 搖｜摇


曜 yào	曜 \| 曜* \| *曜	bright / glorious / one of the seven planets of premodern astronomy


燿 yào	燿 \| 燿* \| *燿	brilliant / glorious


嶢 yáo	嶢 \| 嶢* \| *嶢	high / steep / to tower	峣


五帝 wǔdì	五帝 \| 五帝* \| *五帝	the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝｜黄帝, Zhuanxu 顓頊｜颛顼, Di Ku 帝嚳｜帝喾, Tang Yao 唐堯｜唐尧 and Yu Shun 虞舜


夭 yāo	夭 \| 夭* \| *夭	(bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. [yao3]) / (literary) (of vegetation) luxuriant


僥 yáo	僥 \| 僥* \| *僥	used in 僬僥｜僬侥	侥


袎 yào	袎 \| 袎* \| *袎	variant of 靿


瓊瑤 Qióng Yáo	瓊瑤 \| 瓊瑤* \| *瓊瑤	Chiung Yao (1938-2024), Taiwanese writer	琼瑶


陳書 Chénshū	陳書 \| 陳書* \| *陳書	History of Chen of the Southern Dynasties, ninth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉 in 636 during Tang dynasty, 36 scrolls	陈书


乳源瑤族自治縣 Rǔyuán Yáozú Zìzhìxiàn	乳源…治縣 \| 乳源…治縣* \| *乳源…治縣	Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County in Shaoguan 韶關｜韶关, Guangdong	乳源瑶族自治县


瑤族 Yáozú	瑤族 \| 瑤族* \| *瑤族	Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia	瑶族


女書 nǚshū	女書 \| 女書* \| *女書	nüshu writing, a phonetic syllabary for Yao ethnic group 瑤族｜瑶族 dialect designed and used by women in Jiangyong county 江永縣｜江永县 in southern Hunan	女书


舀 yǎo	舀 \| 舀* \| *舀	to ladle out; to scoop up


四人幫 Sìrénbāng	四人幫 \| 四人幫* \| *四人幫	Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋｜张春桥, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元, Wang Hongwen 王洪文, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution	四人帮


肴 yáo	肴 \| 肴* \| *肴	meat dishes / mixed viands


金秀瑤族自治縣 Jīnxiù Yáozú Zìzhìxiàn	金秀…治縣 \| 金秀…治縣* \| *金秀…治縣	Jinxiu Yao autonomous county in Laibin 來賓｜来宾, Guangxi	金秀瑶族自治县


富川瑤族自治縣 Fùchuān Yáozú Zìzhìxiàn	富川…治縣 \| 富川…治縣* \| *富川…治縣	Fuchuan Yao autonomous county in Hezhou 賀州｜贺州, Guangxi	富川瑶族自治县


唐堯 Táng Yáo	唐堯 \| 唐堯* \| *唐堯	Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five Legendary Emperors 五帝, second son of Di Ku 帝嚳｜帝喾	唐尧


餚 yáo	餚 \| 餚* \| *餚	variant of 肴	肴


喓 yāo	喓 \| 喓* \| *喓	grasshopper chirp / mosquito buzz


殽 yáo	殽 \| 殽* \| *殽	variant of 肴	肴


爻 yáo	爻 \| 爻* \| *爻	the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦, e.g. ☶


鍾繇 Zhōng Yáo	鍾繇 \| 鍾繇* \| *鍾繇	Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏 and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷書｜楷书	钟繇


姚安縣 Yáo'ān Xiàn	姚安縣 \| 姚安縣* \| *姚安縣	Yao'an County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州, Yunnan	姚安县


連山壯族瑤族自治縣 Liánshān Zhuàngzú Yáozú Zìzhìxiàn	連山…治縣 \| 連山…治縣* \| *連山…治縣	Lianshan Zhuang and Yao autonomous county in Qingyuan 清遠｜清远, Guangdong	连山壮族瑶族自治县


梁書 Liángshū	梁書 \| 梁書* \| *梁書	History of Liang of the Southern Dynasties, eighth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉 in 636 during Tang dynasty, 56 scrolls	梁书


恭城瑤族自治縣 Gōngchéng Yáozú Zìzhìxiàn	恭城…治縣 \| 恭城…治縣* \| *恭城…治縣	Gongcheng Yao autonomous county in Guilin 桂林, Guangxi	恭城瑶族自治县


愮 yáo	愮 \| 愮* \| *愮	distressed, agitated


鷂 yào	鷂 \| 鷂* \| *鷂	sparrow hawk / Accipiter nisus	鹞


連南瑤族自治縣 Liánnán Yáozú Zìzhìxiàn	連南…治縣 \| 連南…治縣* \| *連南…治縣	Liannan Yao Autonomous County in Qingyuan 清遠｜清远, Guangdong	连南瑶族自治县


夌 líng	夌 \| 夌* \| *夌	to dawdle / the name of the father of the Emperor Yao


繇 yáo	繇 \| 繇* \| *繇	folk-song / forced labor


崾 yǎo	崾 \| 崾* \| *崾	(name of a mountain)


窔 yǎo	窔 \| 窔* \| *窔	dark / deep / southeast corner of room


蓔 yǎo	蓔 \| 蓔* \| *蓔	a variety of grass


徭 yáo	徭 \| 徭* \| *徭	compulsory service


鰩 yáo	鰩 \| 鰩* \| *鰩	skate (cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae) / ray (fish)	鳐


鷕 yǎo	鷕 \| 鷕* \| *鷕	cry of hen pheasant


眑 yǎo	眑 \| 眑* \| *眑	sunken eyes / deep / abstruse


軺 yáo	軺 \| 軺* \| *軺	light carriage	轺


吆 yāo	吆 \| 吆* \| *吆	to shout / to bawl / to yell (to urge on an animal) / to hawk (one's wares)


颻 yáo	颻 \| 颻* \| *颻	floating in the air	飖


傜 yáo	傜 \| 傜* \| *傜	Yao tribe


靿 yào	靿 \| 靿* \| *靿	the leg of a boot or sock


猺 yáo	猺 \| 猺* \| *猺	Yao tribe


銚 Yáo	銚 \| 銚* \| *銚	surname Yao	铫


銚 yáo	銚 \| 銚* \| *銚	weeding tool	铫


么 yāo	么 \| 么* \| *么	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, to shout	幺


金平苗族瑤族傣族自治縣 Jīnpíng Miáozú Yáozú Dǎizú Zìzhìxiàn	金平…治縣 \| 金平…治縣* \| *金平…治縣	Jinping Miao, Yao and Dai Autonomous County in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 紅河哈尼族彝族自治州｜红河哈尼族彝族自治州, Yunnan	金平苗族瑶族傣族自治县


珧 yáo	珧 \| 珧* \| *珧	mother-of-pearl


恭城 Gōngchéng	恭城 \| 恭城* \| *恭城	Gongcheng Yao autonomous county in Guilin 桂林, Guangxi


葽 yāo	葽 \| 葽* \| *葽	Polygala japonica / lush (grass)


舜日堯年 Shùnrì Yáonián	舜日堯年 \| 舜日堯年* \| *舜日堯年	sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom); all for the best in the best of all possible worlds	舜日尧年


騕 yǎo	騕 \| 騕* \| *騕	name of a fabulous horse


舜日堯天 Shùnrì Yáotiān	舜日堯天 \| 舜日堯天* \| *舜日堯天	sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom); all for the best in the best of all possible worlds	舜日尧天


滧 yáo	滧 \| 滧* \| *滧	(dialect) natural branching stream / (used in place names) / also pr. [xiao4]


䍃 yáo	䍃 \| 䍃* \| *䍃	(archaic) vase; pitcher


邎 yáo	邎 \| 邎* \| *邎	variant of 遙｜遥


殀 yāo	殀 \| 殀* \| *殀	to die prematurely (variant of 夭)	夭


垚 yáo	垚 \| 垚* \| *垚	variant of 堯｜尧, legendary emperor Yao, c. 2200 BC / embankment


薬 yào	薬 \| 薬* \| *薬	Japanese variant of 藥｜药


祅 yāo	祅 \| 祅* \| *祅	evil spirit / goblin / witchcraft / variant of 妖 / common erroneous variant of 祆 Ormazda


姚明 Yáo Míng	姚明 \| 姚明* \| *姚明	Yao Ming (1980-), retired Chinese basketball player, played for CBA Shanghai Sharks 1997-2002 and for NBA Houston Rockets 2002-2011


窅 yǎo	窅 \| 窅* \| *窅	sunken eyes / deep and hollow / remote and obscure / variant of 杳


窈 yǎo	窈 \| 窈* \| *窈	(literary) deep; profound; dim (variant of 杳)


謡 yáo	謡 \| 謡* \| *謡	variant of 謠｜谣	谣


尭 yáo	尭 \| 尭* \| *尭	Japanese variant of 堯｜尧


恭城縣 Gōngchéngxiàn	恭城縣 \| 恭城縣* \| *恭城縣	Gongcheng Yao autonomous county in Guilin 桂林, Guangxi	恭城县


一致字 yīzhìzì	一致字 \| 一致字* \| *一致字	(orthography) consistent words (e.g. "dean", "bean", and "lean", where "-ean" is pronounced the same in each case) / consistent characters (e.g. 搖｜摇, 遙｜遥 and 謠｜谣, which share a phonetic component that reliably indicates that the pronunciation of the character is yáo)


乳源縣 Rǔyuán Xiàn	乳源縣 \| 乳源縣* \| *乳源縣	Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County in Shaoguan 韶關｜韶关, Guangdong	乳源县


姚思廉 Yáo Sīlián	姚思廉 \| 姚思廉* \| *姚思廉	Yao Silian (557-637), Tang writer and compiler of 梁書｜梁书 and 陳書｜陈书


姚文元 Yáo Wényuán	姚文元 \| 姚文元* \| *姚文元	Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of the Gang of Four


姚濱 Yáo Bīn	姚濱 \| 姚濱* \| *姚濱	Yao Bin (1957-), PRC champion ice skater during early 1980s and more recently national skating coach	姚滨


姚雪垠 Yáo Xuěyín	姚雪垠 \| 姚雪垠* \| *姚雪垠	Yao Xueyin (1910-1999), PRC novelist, author of historical novel Li Zicheng 李自成

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