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敖

Mandarin · pinyin áo#

Meanings · áo

  1. variant of 遨 áo
Mandarin · pinyin Áo#

Meanings · Áo

  1. surname Ao
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敖
áo · ramble, play about; leisurely; surname
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character

  1. (literary) original form of 遨 (áo, “to ramble; to play about”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to tease; to joke; to flirt with
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to make an uproar
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) someone who has not assumed the throne, and thus has no posthumous name, due to dying early
  5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a common aristocratic or bureacratic title
  6. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) four-chi-high dog
  7. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) original form of 廒 (áo, “granary”)
  8. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 螯 (áo, “pincer; nipper; claw”)
  9. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 熬 (“to cook on slow fire; to boil”)
  10. (historical) An ancient place in the northwest of today Xingyang, Henan.
  11. a surname

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  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 傲 (“haughty; arrogant; conceited”)

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