窯 yáo

kiln; coal mine pit

DEFINITIONS

窯 yáo
  • kiln
  • oven
  • coal pit
  • cave dwelling
  • (coll.) brothel
  • variant of 窯|窑[yao2]

WORDS

土窯 tǔ yáo earthen kiln; loess cave
破瓦寒窯 pò wǎ hán yáo lit. broken tiles, cold hearth; fig. a broken-down house; poor and shabby dwelling
磚窯 zhuān yáo brick kiln
磚窯場 zhuān yáo chǎng brick kiln
窯場 yáo chǎng brick kiln
窯姐 yáo jiě (dialect) prostitute
窯姐兒 yáo jiě r erhua variant of 窯姐|窑姐[yao2 jie3]
窯子 yáo zi (old) low-grade brothel
窯洞 yáo dòng yaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China); CL:孔[kong3]
苦窯 kǔ yáo (slang) prison
蹲苦窯 dūn kǔ yáo (slang) to be behind bars
黑磚窯 hēi zhuān yáo lit. black brick kiln; factories that acquired notoriety in 2007 for slave labor
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