Usually means: Chinese mythical spirits or deities.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word Yao:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. Yao, Yao: Merriam-Webster
  2. Yao, Yao: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Yao, Yao: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Yao, yao: Wordnik
  5. Yao: Wiktionary
  6. Yao: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Yao: Dictionary.com
  8. Yao (ruler), Yao (surname), Yao: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Yao: Rhymezone
  10. Yao: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Yao (disambiguation), Yao: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. YAO: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Yao (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. Yao: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  3. Yao, Yao: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Yao)

▸ noun:  A Bantu people living in Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania in Africa.
▸ noun:  The language of these people.
▸ noun:  The Mien people of China.
▸ noun:  A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
▸ noun:  A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

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Hehe, Makonde, Mang'anja, Tswana, Mbunda, Mwani, Tonga, Nyakyusa, Bena, Makhuwa-Meetto, more...

Types:
Yao Ming, Yao Ming's father, Yao Ming's mother, Yao Ming's wife, Yao Ming's son, more...

Phrases:
Yao Ming, zhong yao, chien yao, miao yao, hu yao pang, more...

Adjectives:
legendary, old, ancient, principal, chi, hang, rich, chuan, chinese, emperor, mythical



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Similar:
Hehe, Makonde, Mang'anja, Tswana, Mbunda, Mwani, Tonga, Nyakyusa, Bena, Makhuwa-Meetto, more...

Types:
Yao Ming, Yao Ming's father, Yao Ming's mother, Yao Ming's wife, Yao Ming's son, more...

Phrases:
Yao Ming, zhong yao, chien yao, miao yao, hu yao pang, Yao people, Emperor Yao, Tong Yao, Yao Defen, Yao Wenyuan, Yao Chen, Yao language, Andrew Yao, Jose Yao Campos, Yao Yecheng, The Year of the Yao, Yao Tongbin, more...

Adjectives:
legendary, old, ancient, principal, chi, hang, rich, chuan, chinese, emperor, mythical



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