Guest MienhSieqv Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Hi members, Does anyone know what the word Yao means or stand for in Chinese? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nnt 3 Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Hi members' date='Does anyone know what the word Yao means or stand for in Chinese?[/quote'] 瑤勉(Yao-Mien) Very interesting site: http://mienh.net Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MienhSieqv Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Thanks nnt, I know of that site. It does not give me the answer I'm looking for. By the way, what is the meaning for Yao? 瑤勉(Yao-Mien) Visit www.iumien.com... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nnt 3 Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 瑤 Yao2 precious jade 勉 Mian3: to strive; to encourage Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quest 19 Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 It's probably just a transliteration of the name of the ethnic minority. I used to ask my mom "what does (name) mean", she always told me a name is a name. What does Eng mean in English? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MienhSieqv Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 瑤 Yao2 precious jade勉 Mian3: to strive; to encourage this is what Yao means in chinese.. precious jade? Quest, yes, so what does it mean? what does Yao mean in Chinese.... sorry, i'm asking the same questions over and over... I read some where that Yao was given to us... Yao mean barbarians ... is it true that Yao means barbarians? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quest 19 Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 I am not aware of yao meaning barbarian. It's just a phonetic translation, and it's jsut a name to me, like Ying Guo (England), what does "Ying" mean? or Mei Guo (America)... do you get what I m saying? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smithsgj 3 Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 > Ying Guo (England), what does "Ying" mean? It means we're an incredibly brave people! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nnt 3 Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 瑤 Yao2 precious jade勉 Mian3: to strive; to encourage this is what Yao means in chinese.. precious jade? Yes (I don't know which kind of jade it is actually...). 瑶 is much used for first names. Have you ever heard of QiongYao 琼瑶, an equivalent of Barbara Cartland? But as Quest said, 瑤 in 瑶族 (Yao people) is more probably a phonetic transcription. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skylee 1,912 Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 > Ying Guo (England)' date=' what does "Ying" mean?It means we're an incredibly brave people![/quote'] 好英唷! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MienhSieqv Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 I am not aware of yao meaning barbarian. It's just a phonetic translation, and it's jsut a name to me, like Ying Guo (England), what does "Ying" mean? or Mei Guo (America)... do you get what I m saying? Mei means America. Guo means Land. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smithsgj 3 Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 Miehasjhqvdsf: How do you know? Is it the same thing in Noodle Language then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tzeng_Wei 10 Posted December 2, 2005 Report Share Posted December 2, 2005 The meaning of Yao in chinese is simple, it means "Dog," or barbarian. This is because, the Chinese considered non-Chinese to not be worthy enough. Therefore, Mien people being from Tibet, Miens' were given the name Yao. I know this because I am Mien, in other words, Yao. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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