Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- yáo
- Yáo
English
- a legendary ancient emperor-sage
- surname Yao
- a legendary ruler in ancient (prehistoric) China ----
- Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of the Five legendary Emperors 五帝[Wu3 Di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
- a surname, usually transliterated as "Yiu" or "Io"
粵語
- 相傳為古代五帝之一，禪讓帝位俾舜
- 姓
As a component in · 89
Variants
Words containing 堯
- 堯舜jiu4 seon3
Yao and Shun, ancestors of Chinese
- 堯都jiu4 dou1
see 堯都區|尧都区[Yao2 du1 Qu1]
- 唐堯tong4 jiu4
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]
- 隆堯lung4 jiu4
see 隆堯縣|隆尧县[Long2 yao2 Xian4]
- 堯都區jiu4 dou1 keoi1
Yaodu, a district of Linfen City 臨汾市|临汾市[Lin2 fen2 Shi4], Shanxi
- 隆堯縣lung4 jiu4 jyun6
Longyao, a county in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市[Xing2 tai2 Shi4], Hebei
- 何君堯ho4 gwan1 jiu4
- 趙忠堯ziu6 zung1 jiu4
Zhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist
- 舜日堯天seon3 jat6 jiu4 tin1
sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom); all for the best in the best of all possible worlds
- 舜日堯年seon3 jat6 jiu4 nin4
sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom); all for the best in the best of all possible worlds