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noun jaʊyou 1A member of an East African people living to the east and south of Lake Nyasa. 尧人（生活在尼亚萨湖以东和以南的东非人） Example sentencesExamples - When Arabs arrived on the east coast of Africa they began trading with the Yao people.
- The Yao have lived in northern Mozambique (formerly Portuguese East Africa).
2mass noun The Bantu language of the Yao, with over a million speakers. 尧语（尧人所用的班图族语，约有100万以上的使用者） Example sentencesExamples - They speak a Bantu language also known as Chiyao("Yao language", chi meaning "language").
- In the north, the Bantu languages of Yao and Makua predominate; in the Zambezi Valley, it is Nyanja is the dominant languages; and in the south, Tsonga is spoken.
adjective jaʊyou Relating to the Yao or their language. （与）瑶族人（有关）的；（与）瑶语（有关）的 Example sentencesExamples - The Yao traders from west of Lake Malawi began to reach the coast around Kilwa in the late sixteenth century.
- A group of 61000 people on the island of Hainan speak the Yao language Kim Mun, but see themselves as Miao (Hmong).
noun jaʊyou 1A member of a mountain-dwelling people of the Guangxi, Hunan, Yunnan, Guangdong, and Guizhou provinces of China. 瑶族人（生活在中国广西、湖南、云南、广东和贵州等区、省山区） Example sentencesExamples - Some other scholars have argued that it may have derived from a script used by a non-Chinese people living nearby, called the Yao.
- China has scores of so-called ‘minority’ ethnic groups - Tibetan, Kirghiz, Yao, Uigur and many more.
- Geddes contributed the study on the Hmong, Miles worked amongst the Yao, and I amongst the Karen, after two years as full-time adviser.
- The Yao of Liannan are dominated by the Bai-Yao and the Guoshan-Yao.
- Minority groups in this small, mountainous country include the Mon-Khmer, the Yao, and the Hmong.
- Geddes' master plan was for there to be studies of each of the ‘six main hill tribes’, identified as Hmong, Yao, Karen, Lisu, Lahu and Akha.
- Farther north are the Makonde near the coast and the Yao near Lake Malawi.
- After hearing Diesel's mockery of an Asian accent, Yao told reporters that Chinese in fact was difficult to learn he struggled to master it himself.
- In 1836 the Yao of Hunan, under White Lotus preachers, started a fitful war of resistance which flared up once more in 1855 during the chaos of the Taiping Rebellion.
2mass noun The language of the Yao. 瑶语。亦称MIEN Also called Mien Example sentencesExamples - Five percent of the people speak Yao, and 30 percent speak Arabic.
adjective jaʊyou Relating to the Yao or their language. （与）瑶族人（有关）的；（与）瑶语（有关）的 Example sentencesExamples - Although the local government has built new houses at lower elevations for them, Yao people are more accustomed to living in high places.
- This Yao village is located at the foot of a mountain with a beautiful river zig-zagging around it.
- It is also a very scenic route, with spectacular landscapes, vegetation, and historical ruins as well as typical Yao villages, temples, and other tourist attractions.
OriginFrom Chinese Yáo, literally 'precious jade'. nounyou 1A member of an East African people living to the east and south of Lake Nyasa. 尧人（生活在尼亚萨湖以东和以南的东非人） Example sentencesExamples - When Arabs arrived on the east coast of Africa they began trading with the Yao people.
- The Yao have lived in northern Mozambique (formerly Portuguese East Africa).
2The Bantu language of the Yao, with over a million speakers. 尧语（尧人所用的班图族语，约有100万以上的使用者） Example sentencesExamples - They speak a Bantu language also known as Chiyao("Yao language", chi meaning "language").
- In the north, the Bantu languages of Yao and Makua predominate; in the Zambezi Valley, it is Nyanja is the dominant languages; and in the south, Tsonga is spoken.
adjectiveyou Relating to the Yao or their language. （与）瑶族人（有关）的；（与）瑶语（有关）的 Example sentencesExamples - A group of 61000 people on the island of Hainan speak the Yao language Kim Mun, but see themselves as Miao (Hmong).
- The Yao traders from west of Lake Malawi began to reach the coast around Kilwa in the late sixteenth century.
nounyou 1A member of a mountain-dwelling people of southern China. Example sentencesExamples - After hearing Diesel's mockery of an Asian accent, Yao told reporters that Chinese in fact was difficult to learn he struggled to master it himself.
- Geddes contributed the study on the Hmong, Miles worked amongst the Yao, and I amongst the Karen, after two years as full-time adviser.
- Minority groups in this small, mountainous country include the Mon-Khmer, the Yao, and the Hmong.
- Some other scholars have argued that it may have derived from a script used by a non-Chinese people living nearby, called the Yao.
- Geddes' master plan was for there to be studies of each of the ‘six main hill tribes’, identified as Hmong, Yao, Karen, Lisu, Lahu and Akha.
- In 1836 the Yao of Hunan, under White Lotus preachers, started a fitful war of resistance which flared up once more in 1855 during the chaos of the Taiping Rebellion.
- Farther north are the Makonde near the coast and the Yao near Lake Malawi.
- China has scores of so-called ‘minority’ ethnic groups - Tibetan, Kirghiz, Yao, Uigur and many more.
- The Yao of Liannan are dominated by the Bai-Yao and the Guoshan-Yao.
2The language of the Yao. 瑶语。亦称MIEN Example sentencesExamples - Five percent of the people speak Yao, and 30 percent speak Arabic.
adjectiveyou Relating to the Yao or their language. （与）瑶族人（有关）的；（与）瑶语（有关）的 Example sentencesExamples - It is also a very scenic route, with spectacular landscapes, vegetation, and historical ruins as well as typical Yao villages, temples, and other tourist attractions.
- This Yao village is located at the foot of a mountain with a beautiful river zig-zagging around it.
- Although the local government has built new houses at lower elevations for them, Yao people are more accustomed to living in high places.
OriginFrom Chinese Yáo, literally ‘precious jade’. |