"姚" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /jɑʊ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /jiːu̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /jiau²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /i̯eu̯¹¹/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /(j)i̯eu̯¹¹/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /ʒau⁵⁵/ [Hailu, Hakka, Sinological-IPA, Zhudong], /iau¹¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /ieu⁵³/ [Fuzhou, Min-Dong, Sinological-IPA], /ieu¹³/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /iau¹³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /iau²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen], /iau²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /iɤ²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /io²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei, Xiamen], /io⁵⁵/ [Min-Nan, Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ie⁵⁵/ [Min-Nan, Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ɦiɔ²³/ [Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA, Wu], /jɑʊ̯³⁵/, /jiːu̯²¹/, /jiau²²/, /i̯eu̯¹¹/, /(j)i̯eu̯¹¹/, /ʒau⁵⁵/, /iau¹¹/, /ieu⁵³/, /ieu¹³/, /iau¹³/, /iau²⁴/, /iau²³/, /iɤ²³/, /io²⁴/, /io⁵⁵/, /ie⁵⁵/, /ɦiɔ²³/ Chinese transliterations: yáo [Mandarin, Pinyin], yao² [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧㄠˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jiu⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], yiau³ [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], yèu [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], rhau [Hailu, Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], yau² [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], ièu [Foochow-Romanized, Min-Dong], ieo² [Puxian-Min], iâu [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], iô [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], io⁵ [Min-Nan, Peng'im, Teochew], iê⁵ [Min-Nan, Peng'im, Teochew], ⁶yau, yáo [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄧㄠˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], yáo [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], yao² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], yáu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], yau [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], яо [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], jao [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], yìuh [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], jiu⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], yiu⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], yiau³ [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], yèu [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ieu^ˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], yeu² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], yèu [Hakka, Phak-fa-su], r [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], ieu^ˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], yeu² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka], rhau [Hailu, Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Zhudong], ièu [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou, Min-Dong], á̤u [Puxian-Min], iâu [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], iaau [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], iô [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], iooi [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], iô [Min-Nan, POJ, Teochew], iê [Min-Nan, POJ, Teochew], ⁶yau [Northern, Wu], yau^去 [Northern, Wu], ³hhiau [Northern, Shanghai, Wiktionary-specific, Wu], yew [Middle-Chinese], /*lew/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms:
Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 姚
  1. handsome; elegant
    Sense id: en-姚-zh-character-ZbPbsi8B Categories (other): Eastern Min hanzi Disambiguation of Eastern Min hanzi: 11 48 41
  2. Alternative form of 遙 /遥 (yáo, “far; distant”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: 遙 /遥 (extra: yáo, “far; distant”)
    Sense id: en-姚-zh-character-FWb2ZYxX Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese hanzi, Eastern Min hanzi, Middle Chinese hanzi, Old Chinese hanzi, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 11 57 32 Disambiguation of Chinese hanzi: 10 66 24 Disambiguation of Eastern Min hanzi: 11 48 41 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese hanzi: 1 69 29 Disambiguation of Old Chinese hanzi: 1 69 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 17 47 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 62 26
  3. a surname
    Sense id: en-姚-zh-character-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Chinese surnames, Eastern Min hanzi Disambiguation of Eastern Min hanzi: 11 48 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 二姚, 剽姚, 姚冶, 姚名達, 姚名达, 姚坪 (Yáopíng), 姚姒, 姚姚, 姚家店 (Yáojiādiàn), 姚崗, 姚岗, 姚廣孝, 姚广孝, 姚棚 (Yáopéng), 姚江, 姚江學派, 姚江学派, 姚燧, 姚興, 姚兴, 姚萇, 姚苌, 姚際恆, 姚际恒, 姚雪垠, 姚黃紙, 姚黄纸, 姚黃魏紫 (Yáohuáng Wèizǐ), 姚黄魏紫 (Yáohuáng Wèizǐ), 姚鼐, 嫖姚, 房杜姚宋, 票姚, 餘姚 (Yúyáo), 余姚 (Yúyáo), 餘姚之學, 余姚之学, 餘姚縣, 余姚县, 驃姚, 骠姚, 魏紫姚黃, 魏紫姚黄

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "二姚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "剽姚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "姚冶"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "姚名達"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "姚名达"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Yáopíng",
      "word": "姚坪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "姚姒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "姚姚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Yáojiādiàn",
      "word": "姚家店"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "姚崗"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "姚岗"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "姚廣孝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "姚广孝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Yáopéng",
      "word": "姚棚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "姚江"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "姚江學派"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "姚江学派"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "姚燧"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "姚興"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "姚兴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "姚萇"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "姚苌"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "姚際恆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "姚际恒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "姚雪垠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "姚黃紙"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "姚黄纸"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Yáohuáng Wèizǐ",
      "word": "姚黃魏紫"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Yáohuáng Wèizǐ",
      "word": "姚黄魏紫"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "姚鼐"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "嫖姚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "房杜姚宋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "票姚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Yúyáo",
      "word": "餘姚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "Yúyáo",
      "word": "余姚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "餘姚之學"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "余姚之学"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "餘姚縣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "余姚县"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "驃姚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "骠姚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "魏紫姚黃"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "魏紫姚黄"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Yao",
            "3": "Yiu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Yao, Yiu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Yao, Yiu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tl",
            "2": "Yao",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tagalog: Yao",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via Hokkien"
          },
          "expansion": "(via Hokkien)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tagalog: Yao (via Hokkien)"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "窕"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "姚",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 48 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Eastern Min hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "handsome; elegant"
      ],
      "id": "en-姚-zh-character-ZbPbsi8B",
      "links": [
        [
          "handsome",
          "handsome"
        ],
        [
          "elegant",
          "elegant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "yáo, “far; distant”",
          "word": "遙 /遥"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 57 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 66 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 48 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Eastern Min hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 69 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 69 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 47 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 62 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of 遙 /遥 (yáo, “far; distant”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-姚-zh-character-FWb2ZYxX",
      "links": [
        [
          "遙",
          "遙#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "遥",
          "遥#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "far",
          "far"
        ],
        [
          "distant",
          "distant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 48 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Eastern Min hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Yao Ming (Chinese basketball player)",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Yáo Míng",
          "text": "姚明",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "id": "en-姚-zh-character-v2O7m9sM",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yáo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yèu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rhau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ièu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ieo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "io⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iê⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶yau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yáo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yáo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "яо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiau³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiau²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yèu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ieu^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯eu̯¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yèu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ieu^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i̯eu̯¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rhau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʒau⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Zhudong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ièu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ieu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hinghwa-Romanized"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "á̤u"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ieu¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iaau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iooi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɤ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iê"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ie⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶yau"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yau^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³hhiau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦiɔ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yew"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*lew/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiau²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯eu̯¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i̯eu̯¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʒau⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ieu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ieu¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɤ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ie⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦiɔ²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*lew/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "姚"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese hanzi",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 姚",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min hanzi",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Middle Chinese hanzi",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese hanzi",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zh-pron usage missing POS"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "二姚"
    },
    {
      "word": "剽姚"
    },
    {
      "word": "姚冶"
    },
    {
      "word": "姚名達"
    },
    {
      "word": "姚名达"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Yáopíng",
      "word": "姚坪"
    },
    {
      "word": "姚姒"
    },
    {
      "word": "姚姚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Yáojiādiàn",
      "word": "姚家店"
    },
    {
      "word": "姚崗"
    },
    {
      "word": "姚岗"
    },
    {
      "word": "姚廣孝"
    },
    {
      "word": "姚广孝"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Yáopéng",
      "word": "姚棚"
    },
    {
      "word": "姚江"
    },
    {
      "word": "姚江學派"
    },
    {
      "word": "姚江学派"
    },
    {
      "word": "姚燧"
    },
    {
      "word": "姚興"
    },
    {
      "word": "姚兴"
    },
    {
      "word": "姚萇"
    },
    {
      "word": "姚苌"
    },
    {
      "word": "姚際恆"
    },
    {
      "word": "姚际恒"
    },
    {
      "word": "姚雪垠"
    },
    {
      "word": "姚黃紙"
    },
    {
      "word": "姚黄纸"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Yáohuáng Wèizǐ",
      "word": "姚黃魏紫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Yáohuáng Wèizǐ",
      "word": "姚黄魏紫"
    },
    {
      "word": "姚鼐"
    },
    {
      "word": "嫖姚"
    },
    {
      "word": "房杜姚宋"
    },
    {
      "word": "票姚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Yúyáo",
      "word": "餘姚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Yúyáo",
      "word": "余姚"
    },
    {
      "word": "餘姚之學"
    },
    {
      "word": "余姚之学"
    },
    {
      "word": "餘姚縣"
    },
    {
      "word": "余姚县"
    },
    {
      "word": "驃姚"
    },
    {
      "word": "骠姚"
    },
    {
      "word": "魏紫姚黃"
    },
    {
      "word": "魏紫姚黄"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Yao",
            "3": "Yiu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Yao, Yiu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Yao, Yiu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tl",
            "2": "Yao",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tagalog: Yao",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via Hokkien"
          },
          "expansion": "(via Hokkien)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tagalog: Yao (via Hokkien)"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "窕"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "姚",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "handsome; elegant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "handsome",
          "handsome"
        ],
        [
          "elegant",
          "elegant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "yáo, “far; distant”",
          "word": "遙 /遥"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of 遙 /遥 (yáo, “far; distant”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "遙",
          "遙#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "遥",
          "遥#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "far",
          "far"
        ],
        [
          "distant",
          "distant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese surnames",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Yao Ming (Chinese basketball player)",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Yáo Míng",
          "text": "姚明",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yáo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiau³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yèu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rhau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ièu"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ieo²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "io⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iê⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶yau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yáo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yáo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "яо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yìuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiau³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiau²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yèu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ieu^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯eu̯¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yèu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ieu^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i̯eu̯¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "rhau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʒau⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Zhudong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ièu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ieu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Hinghwa-Romanized"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "á̤u"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ieu¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iâu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iaau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iooi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɤ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iô"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iê"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ie⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶yau"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yau^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³hhiau"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦiɔ²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yew"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*lew/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiau²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯eu̯¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i̯eu̯¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʒau⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ieu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ieu¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɤ²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/io⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ie⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦiɔ²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*lew/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "姚"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-03 using wiktextract (51d164f and fb63907). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.