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耀

耀
yào = y + ao4
brilliant / glorious
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How to pronounce 耀

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 about 2 months ago
+ ao4 final

In the aorta’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

耀 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
guāng = gu + ang1
light / ray / CL:道[dao4] / bright / only / merely / to use up
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= di + Ø2
surname Di / variant of 狄[Di2], generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)
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zhái = zh + ai2
surname Zhai
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= di + Ø2
long-tail pheasant
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Characters with 耀 as component

耀 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 耀

honor / glory
dazzling / to show off / to flaunt
to glint / to glitter / to sparkle / to radiate

Sentences with 耀

耀 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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耀
yào

brilliant / glorious

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