| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 窑 | 窯 | yáo | yao2 | kiln; oven; coal pit; cave dwelling; (coll.) brothel; variant of 窑 | ||
| 2 | 蹲苦窑 | 蹲苦窯 | dūn kǔ yáo | dun1 ku3 yao2 | (slang) to be behind bars | ||
| 3 | 黑砖窑 | 黑磚窯 | hēi zhuān yáo | hei1 zhuan1 yao2 | lit. black brick kiln; factories that acquired notoriety in 2007 for slave labor | ||
| 4 | 苦窑 | 苦窯 | kǔ yáo | ku3 yao2 | (slang) prison | ||
| 5 | 破瓦寒窑 | 破瓦寒窯 | pò wǎ hán yáo | po4 wa3 han2 yao2 | lit. broken tiles, cold hearth; fig. a broken-down house; poor and shabby dwelling | ||
| 6 | 土窑 | 土窯 | tǔ yáo | tu3 yao2 | earthen kiln; loess cave | ||
| 7 | 窑场 | 窯場 | yáo chǎng | yao2 chang3 | brick kiln | ||
| 8 | 窑洞 | 窯洞 | yáo dòng | yao2 dong4 | yaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China); Classifiers: 孔 | ||
| 9 | 窑姐 | 窯姐 | yáo jiě | yao2 jie3 | (dialect) prostitute | ||
| 10 | 窑姐儿 | 窯姐兒 | yáo jiě r | yao2 jie3 r5 | erhua variant of 窑姐 | ||
| 11 | 窑子 | 窯子 | yáo zi | yao2 zi5 | (old) low-grade brothel | ||
| 12 | 砖窑 | 磚窯 | zhuān yáo | zhuan1 yao2 | brick kiln | ||
| 13 | 砖窑场 | 磚窯場 | zhuān yáo chǎng | zhuan1 yao2 chang3 | brick kiln |