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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

Talking Chinese<->English dictionary with pinyin, English definition, pronunciation, variants, stroke animation, stroke order image, and sample sentences.
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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1 yáoyao2kiln; oven; coal pit; cave dwelling; (coll.) brothel; variant of
2蹲苦窑 蹲苦窯 dūn yáodun1 ku3 yao2(slang) to be behind bars
3黑砖窑 黑磚窯 hēi zhuān yáohei1 zhuan1 yao2lit. black brick kiln; factories that acquired notoriety in 2007 for slave labor
4苦窑 苦窯 yáoku3 yao2(slang) prison
5破瓦寒窑 破瓦寒窯 hán yáopo4 wa3 han2 yao2lit. broken tiles, cold hearth; fig. a broken-down house; poor and shabby dwelling
6土窑 土窯 yáotu3 yao2earthen kiln; loess cave
7窑场 窯場 yáo chǎngyao2 chang3brick kiln
8窑洞 窯洞 yáo dòngyao2 dong4yaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China); Classifiers:
9窑姐 窯姐 yáo jiěyao2 jie3(dialect) prostitute
10窑姐儿 窯姐兒 yáo jiě ryao2 jie3 r5erhua variant of 窑姐
11窑子 窯子 yáo ziyao2 zi5(old) low-grade brothel
12砖窑 磚窯 zhuān yáozhuan1 yao2brick kiln
13砖窑场 磚窯場 zhuān yáo chǎngzhuan1 yao2 chang3brick kiln

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