Yao

¹

[ you ]

/ yaʊ /

noun

Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun), was a paragon of good government.

Definition for yao (2 of 2)

Yao

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[ you ]

/ yaʊ /

noun, plural Yaos, (especially collectively) Yao for 1.

a member of an indigenous people of Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.

the Bantu language spoken by the Yao.

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Examples from the Web for yao

At a press conference in March, Yao said, “Buying ivory is the same as buying a bullet.”
China’s Blood Ivory Bazaar|Brendon Hong|June 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“The element of adding a foreigner is not quite a clown show or circus type of act, but it does have a novelty effect,” says Yao.
Foreigners Become Unlikely Chinese TV Stars|Benjamin F. Carlson|April 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Sora's Chinese name has more than 41 million page hits on Google, exceeding that of Mao Zedong, Yao Ming, or Confucius.
Porn Star Sora Aoi Is Taking China by Storm|Isaac Stone Fish|May 20, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Now, if he can just win over his communist bosses, he'll be the biggest thing since Yao Ming.
This Week's Best Reads|The Daily Beast|April 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Yao and Shun, his successor, are two of the notable characters in the ancient annals of China.
Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15)|Charles Morris
Even Yao and Shun were still struggling to become better, and so bring peace to all men.
The Sayings Of Confucius|Confucius
But the thunder crashes and bellows its anger, that while Yao and Shun are here they should also be crowning Y.
The Poet Li Po|Arthur Waley
These queens were the daughters of the Emperor Yao, who gave them in marriage to Shun, and abdicated in his favour.
The Poet Li Po|Arthur Waley
And Yao was merely the renovator of a system long previously established.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7|Various