English Explanatory Dictionary

Yao

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Bantu people living in Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania in Africa.
name
  1. The language of these people.
noun
  1. The Mien people of China.
name
  1. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
  2. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

Word forms

Yao

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 瑤／瑶 (yáo).

Derived words

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