YAO

Meaning of YAO in English

[ jaʊ ]

■ noun ( plural same)

1》 a member of a mountain-dwelling people of the Guangxi, Hunan, Yunnan, Guangdong, and Guizhou provinces of China.

2》 the language of the ~.

Origin

from Chin. Yáo , lit. 'precious jade'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

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YAO — geographical name city Japan on Honshu, a suburb of Osaka population 277,724
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YAO — I In Chinese mythology, one of three legendary emperors, along with Shun and All three were exalted by {{link=Confucius">Confucius as …
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YAO — n. city in Japan
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YAO — n. language that belongs to the Miao-Yao group of languages and is spoken by the Yao people; language spoken by …
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YAO — n. member of people who live in the mountains of south China
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YAO — geographical name city Japan on Honshu, a suburb of Osaka population 277,724
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MIAO-YAO — mē|au̇|yau̇ noun Usage: usually capitalized M&Y : a language group containing the Miao and Yao languages of uncertain wider relationship
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MIAO-YAO LANGUAGES — languages spoken by the Miao and Yao peoples of southern China and Southeast Asia. The Miao-Yao language group includes Miao, …
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SHUN — In Chinese mythology, one of the three legendary emperors, along with Yao and Da Yu , of the golden age …
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HMONG-MIEN LANGUAGES — or Miao-Yao languages Language family of southern China, northern Vietnam, Laos, and northern Thailand, with more than nine million speakers. …
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TING WARE — ˈtingˌ- noun also ting yao -ˈyau̇ ; or ting Usage: often capitalized T Etymology: Ting from Ting Chou , town …
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CHIEN WARE — chēˈenˌ- noun also chien yao -n¦yau̇ Usage: usually capitalized C Etymology: Chinese (Pekingese) ch'ien yao 2 , from Ch'ien-an , …
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HUANG TSUNG-HSI — born Sept. 24, 1610, Y-yao, Chekiang province, China died Aug. 12, 1695, Y-yao Pinyin Huang Zongxi, also called Huang Li-chou …
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