prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
old (of people)
venerable (person)
experienced
of long standing
always
all the time
of the past
very
outdated
(of meat etc) tough
=2
幺
Yāo
surname Yao
=2
幺
yāo
youngest
most junior
tiny
one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military)