Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- yáo
English
- kiln
- kiln
- coal mine pit
- oven
- coal pit
- cave dwelling
- (coll.) brothel
Variants
Words containing 窯
- 土窯tou2 jiu4
earthen kiln
- 苦窯fu2 jiu4
(slang) prison
- 窯洞jiu4 dung6
yaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China)
- 磚窯zyun1 jiu4
brick kiln
- 窯子jiu4 zi2
(old) low-grade brothel
- 火窯fo2 jiu4
- 窯姐jiu4 ze2
(dialect) prostitute
- 碗窯wun2 jiu4
- 窯爐jiu4 lou4
- 窯姐兒jiu4 ze2 ji4
erhua variant of 窯姐|窑姐[yao2 jie3]
- 磚窯場zyun1 jiu4 coeng4
brick kiln
- 黑磚窯hak1 zyun1 jiu4
lit. black brick kiln
- 蹲苦窯cyun4 fu2 jiu4
(slang) to be behind bars
- 破瓦寒窯po3 ngaa5 hon4 jiu4
lit. broken tiles, cold hearth; fig. a broken-down house
- 甕缸窯ung3 gong1 jiu4