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Meaning of 窑

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窑 (Trad.: 窯)
Pinyin: yáo
English Definition: kiln; oven; coal pit; cave dwelling; (coll.) brothel
Chinese Definition:
①烧砖、瓦、陶瓷器的构筑物:砖窑。瓷窑。
②为采煤而凿的洞:煤窑。
③在坡上特为住人挖的洞:窑洞。窑葬。
④旧时称妓院:窑子。窑姐(妓女)。
Total strokes: 11; Radical: 穴
Ideographic:An oven 穴 where pots 缶 are fired; 缶 also provides the pronunciation
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • 穴 [ xué ] cave, den, hole
    • 缶 [ fǒu ] earthen crock or jar; pottery
Similar Characters: 窅
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Example Words
窑洞 yáo dòng yaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China); Classifiers: 孔
砖窑 zhuān yáo brick kiln
土窑 tǔ yáo earthen kiln; loess cave
窑姐 yáo jiě (dialect) prostitute
窑姐儿 yáo jiě r erhua variant of 窑姐
More:窑* | *窑 | *窑*
Example Sentences
1
我把话筒靠在蕾露的地窑上
。
I leaned the microphone up against Raylou's groundhog kiln.
2
那天上午
,
我们烧了我们的第一窑木炭
。
That morning we fired our first kiln of charcoal.
3
同时
,
有毒的钢厂
,
水泥窑及发电厂的数量还在不断增加
。
All the while, the number of noxious steel mills, cement kilns and power plants relentlessly increases.
4
三个希伯来人被掷入火窑的故事
,
是一个很好的例子
。
The story of the three Hebrew children being cast into the fiery furnace is a familiar one.
5
此项法规的管辖范围包括分布在
35
个州的
163
个水泥窑
。
The rules would cover 163 kilns in 35 states.