Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- yáo
- Yáo
English
- handsome, elegant
- surname Yao
- handsome
- a surname, usually transliterated as "Yiu", "Io", "Yeo", "Yeow"
- surname
- good-looking
粵語
- 姓
As a component in
Words containing 姚
- 姚明jiu4 ming4
Yao Ming (1980-), retired Chinese basketball player, played for CBA Shanghai Sharks 1997-2002 and for NBA Houston Rockets 2002-2011
- 餘姚jyu4 jiu4
see 餘姚市|余姚市[Yu2 yao2 Shi4]
- 大姚daai6 jiu4
see 大姚縣|大姚县[Da4 yao2 Xian4]
- 姚安jiu4 on1
see 姚安縣|姚安县[Yao2 an1 Xian4]
- 姚濱jiu4 ban1
Yao Bin (1957-), PRC champion ice skater during early 1980s and more recently national skating coach
- 餘姚市jyu4 jiu4 si5
Yuyao, a county-level city in Ningbo City 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 Shi4], Zhejiang
- 姚安縣jiu4 on1 jyun6
Yao'an, a county in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
- 姚雪垠jiu4 syut3 ngan4
Yao Xueyin (1910-1999), PRC novelist, author of historical novel Li Zicheng 李自成
- 大姚縣daai6 jiu4 jyun6
Dayao, a county in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
- 姚文元jiu4 man4 jyun4
Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of the Gang of Four
- 姚思廉jiu4 si1 lim4
Yao Silian (557-637), Tang writer and compiler of 梁書|梁书[Liang2 shu1] and 陳書|陈书[Chen2 shu1]
- 姚明一代jiu4 ming4 jat1 doi6
- 姚子羚jiu4 zi2 ling4
Elaine Yiu Tse-ling, an actress and television presenter in Hong Kong