yáo = y + ao2
surname Yao / Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
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How to pronounce 尧

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated 2 months ago
+ ao2 final

In the aorta’s kitchen.

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尧 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
zhàng = zh + ang4
measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male
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= w + Ø4
cut off the feet / rising to a height / towering / bald
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Characters with 尧 as component

shāo = sh + ao1
to burn / to cook / to stew / to bake / to roast / to heat / to boil (tea, water etc) / fever / to run a temperature / (coll.) to let things go to one's head
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rào = r + ao4
variant of 繞|绕[rao4], to rotate around / to spiral / to move around / to go round (an obstacle) / to by-pass / to make a detour
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rào = r + ao4
to wind / to coil (thread) / to rotate around / to spiral / to move around / to go round (an obstacle) / to by-pass / to make a detour / to confuse / to perplex
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Words with 尧

Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five Legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
Yaodu district of Linfen city 臨汾市|临汾市[Lin2 fen2 shi4], Shanxi
Yaodu district of Linfen city 臨汾市|临汾市[Lin2 fen2 shi4], Shanxi

Sentences with 尧

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yáo

surname Yao / Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]

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