1. Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia
2. surname Yao

1. jade
2. precious stone
3. mother-of-pearl
4. nacre
5. precious
6. used a complementary honorific

1. bright; shiny
2. only; merely
3. used up; finished
4. to leave (a part of the body) uncovered

classifier: 道

1. (historical dictionaries only) to color
2. to color