Yao

¹

[you]

noun

Wade-Giles, Pinyin.

1. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor Shun, was a paragon of good government.

Yao

²

[you]

noun

plural

Yaos ,

plural

Yao .

1. a member of an Indigenous people of Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.

2. the Bantu language spoken by the Yao.

Example Sentences

“We’re showing that Chinese food can be elegant, surprising, and layered, without losing soul or authenticity,” Yingtao owner Bolun Yao says.

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At Yingtao, named after Yao’s grandmother, Yao aims to translate Chinese ingredients, techniques and cultural references in a way that resonates with a modern American audience without diluting their essence.

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First-time voters, particularly, are more concerned with getting a job, said sociologist Severin Yao Kouame.

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"Previous versions of artificial neurons used 10 times more voltage -- and 100 times more power -- than the one we have created," says Jun Yao, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at UMass Amherst and the paper's senior author.

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"Ours register only 0.1 volts, which about the same as the neurons in our bodies," says Yao.

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