窑
Character
a very hot oven for baking pots and bricks
Meaning
yáo
yao2- a very hot oven for baking pots and bricks
- a simple home dug into the side of a hill
- in the past, a place where people paid for sex
Examples
工人们用这个窑烧杯子。
gōng rén men yòng zhè ge yáo shāo bēi zi
The workers use this kiln to bake cups.
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他家住在窑洞里。
tā jiā zhù zài yáo dòng lǐ
His family lives in a cave home.
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旧时他去窑里找女人。
jiù shí tā qù yáo lǐ zhǎo nǚ rén
In the past, he went to the brothel to find women.
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Words with 窑
窑场yáo cháng(Yuan dynasty) porcelain kilns (under imperial administration)Word窑姐yáo jiě(dialect) prostituteWord窑子yáo zi(old) low-grade brothelWord窑洞yáo dòngyaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China)Word
窑姐儿yáo jiě r(dialect) prostituteErhua variant of 窑姐Word
土窑tǔ yáoearthen kilnWord砖窑zhuān yáobrick kilnWord苦窑kǔ yáo(slang) prisonWord砖窑场zhuān yáo chǎngbrick kilnWord蹲苦窑dūn kǔ yáo(slang) to be behind barsWord黑砖窑hēi zhuān yáolit. black brick kilnWord破瓦寒窑pò wǎ hán yáolit. broken tiles, cold hearth; fig. a broken-down houseWord