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窑
窰
yáo
1. variant of [[窯|窑<yáo>]]
Uncommon • Top 34%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

窑
yáo
kiln, oven; pit, coal mine
11 丶

Compound Words (12)

窑子
yáozi
(old) low-grade brothel
窑洞
yáodòng
yaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China)
苦窑
kǔyáo
(slang) prison
土窑
tǔyáo
earthen kiln
窑场
yáochǎng
brick kiln
窑姐
yáojiě
(dialect) prostitute
砖窑
zhuānyáo
brick kiln
黑砖窑
hēizhuānyáo
lit. black brick kiln
砖窑场
zhuānyáochǎng
brick kiln
窑姐儿
yáojiěr
erhua variant of [[窯姐|窑姐<yáojiě>]]
蹲苦窑
dūnkǔyáo
(slang) to be behind bars
破瓦寒窑
pòwǎhányáo
lit. broken tiles, cold hearth; fig. a broken-down house

Alternate Entries

窑
yáo
kiln / oven / coal pit / cave dwelling / (coll.) brothel

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,341
Word Frequency Rank
28,746 of 84,292

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