PINYIN SYLLABLE
Chinese characters with Pinyin yao
Learn how to write 47 Chinese characters pronounced “yao” across 4 tone-marked pronunciations. Open any character for animated stroke order, words, sentences, and printable practice.
START WITH COMMON CHARACTERS
Common “yao” Chinese characters
The same romanized syllable can represent different characters and tones. These useful HSK vocabulary characters are shown first so learners can begin with everyday Mandarin.
to want; to need; to ask for
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medicine
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key
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to invite
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to bite
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to shake
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waist
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(bound form) distant; remote; far away
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goblin
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meat dishes
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kiln
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popular ballad
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TONE-MARKED PINYIN
Chinese characters pronounced yáo
26 dictionary entries use the pronunciation yáo, including 摇 (to shake), 遥 ((bound form) distant; remote; far away), 肴 (meat dishes), 窑 (kiln), 谣 (popular ballad).
to shake
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(bound form) distant; remote; far away
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meat dishes
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kiln
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popular ballad
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the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶
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surname Yao
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embankment
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handsome
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light carriage
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mother-of-pearl
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surname Yao
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compulsory service
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jade
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floating in the air
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folk-song
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skate (cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae)
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TONE-MARKED PINYIN
Chinese characters pronounced yào
9 dictionary entries use the pronunciation yào, including 要 (to want; to need; to ask for), 药 (medicine), 钥 (key), 耀 (brilliant), 崾 ((name of a mountain)).
to want; to need; to ask for
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medicine
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key
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brilliant
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(name of a mountain)
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sparrow hawk
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bright
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TONE-MARKED PINYIN
Chinese characters pronounced yǎo
6 dictionary entries use the pronunciation yǎo, including 咬 (to bite), 杳 (dark and quiet), 窅 (sunken eyes), 窈 ((literary) deep; profound; dim (variant of 杳[yao3])), 舀 (to ladle out; to scoop up).
to bite
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dark and quiet
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sunken eyes
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(literary) deep; profound; dim (variant of 杳[yao3])
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to ladle out; to scoop up
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a variety of grass
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TONE-MARKED PINYIN
Chinese characters pronounced yāo
6 dictionary entries use the pronunciation yāo, including 邀 (to invite), 腰 (waist), 妖 (goblin), 幺 (youngest), 夭 ((bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. [yao3])).
to invite
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waist
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goblin
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youngest
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(bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. [yao3])
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to shout
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PRINTABLE PRACTICE
Practice these yao characters
Create an A4 Tianzige or Mizige worksheet using 12 useful characters from this pronunciation group.
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