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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)

土窑
tǔyáo
earthen kiln
砖窑
zhuānyáo
brick kiln
窑场
yáochǎng
brick kiln
窑姐
yáojiě
(dialect) prostitute
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
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
黑砖窑
hēizhuānyáo
lit. black brick kiln
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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