Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- yào
English
- glorious, as sun
- bright
- daylight, sunlight
- glorious
- one of the seven planets of pre-modern astronomy (the sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)
- one of the seven planets of premodern astronomy
- used in names
粵語
- 用於人名
Variants
Words containing 曜
- 星曜sing1 jiu6
heavenly bodies (esp. the sun, moon or five visible planets)
- 七曜cat1 jiu6
the seven planets of premodern astronomy (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)
- 金曜日gam1 jiu6 jat6
Friday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
- 日曜日jat6 jiu6 jat6
Sunday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
- 木曜日muk6 jiu6 jat6
Thursday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
- 土曜日tou2 jiu6 jat6
Saturday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
- 黑曜岩hak1 jiu6 ngaam4
obsidian (mining)
- 水曜日seoi2 jiu6 jat6
Wednesday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
- 月曜日jyut6 jiu6 jat6
Monday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
- 火曜日fo2 jiu6 jat6
Tuesday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
- 黑曜石hak1 jiu6 sek6
obsidian (mining)