夭 yǎo

1. yǎo verb to die prematurely
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '夭'; Guoyu '夭' yǎo v 1; Kroll 2015 '夭' 1, p. 534; Unihan '夭'; XHZD '夭' 2, p. 873)
2. yāo adjective young
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '夭')
3. yāo verb to cut short
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '夭'; Kroll 2015 '夭' 1, p. 534; Unihan '夭'; XHZD '夭' 2, p. 873)
4. yāo verb not regular
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夭' 2, p. 534)
5. yāo noun a disaster
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '夭' n 2; Kroll 2015 '夭' 2a, p. 534)
6. yāo verb warped
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夭' 3, p. 534)
7. yāo adjective flourishing
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '夭' adj; Kroll 2015 '夭' 4, p. 534; XHZD '夭' 1, p. 873)
8. yāo adverb without restraint
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夭' 4a, p. 534)
9. yāo noun a young plant
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '夭' n 1)
10. ǎo noun a young animal or plant
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '夭' ǎo n)
11. yǎo adjective rigid
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '夭' yǎo adj)

Contained in

• 夭折 to die young; to end prematurely ; to be defeated
• 夭札 to die early of a sickness
• 夭陨(夭隕) early death
• 逃之夭夭 to escape without trace; to make a getaway
• 燋夭 to die prematurely
• 早夭 to die young
• 夭亡 to die young
• 夭夭 flourishing

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 《夭部》 Yāo Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 9
• 卷五十四 Scroll 54 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 9
• 卷三百十六 列傳第二百〇四 貴州土司 Volume 316 Biographies 204: Guizhou Tribal Headmen History of Ming 明史 — count: 8
• 卷二十一　趙四 Chapter 21: Zhao IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 7
• 卷十一 Scroll 11 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
• 卷第六 力命篇 Chapter 6: Endeavor and Destiny Liezi 列子 — count: 6
• 卷三百十二 列傳第二百 四川土司二 Volume 312 Biographies 200: Sichuan Tribal Headmen 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 5
• 卷八十一 列傳第四十一 劉秀之 顧琛 顧覬之 Volume 81 Biographies 41: Liu Xiuzhi, Gu Chen, Gu Jizhi Book of Song 宋書 — count: 5
• 卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
• 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5

Collocations

• 闳夭 (閎夭) 有若閎夭 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 君奭 Zhou Shu - Prince Shi — count: 21
• 寿夭 (壽夭) 壽夭貧富 — Mozi 墨子, 卷九 非儒下 Book 9 - Anti-Confucianism II — count: 9
• 夭伤 (夭傷) 則胎夭傷 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷五　時則訓 Chapter 5: Seasonal Standards — count: 7
• 多夭 (多夭) 民多夭死 — Guanzi 管子, 七主七臣第五十二 Chapter 52: Seven Rulers and Seven Ministers — count: 6
• 天夭 (天夭) 天夭是椓 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧正月 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Zheng Yue — count: 6
• 夭死 (夭死) 民多夭死 — Guanzi 管子, 七主七臣第五十二 Chapter 52: Seven Rulers and Seven Ministers — count: 6
• 夭蟜 (夭蟜) 夭蟜枝格 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru — count: 5
• 胎夭 (胎夭) 則胎夭多傷 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 5
• 夭昏 (夭昏) 札瘥夭昏 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 死夭 (死夭) 夫內有死夭之難而外無成功之名者 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 解老第二十 Chapter 20: Commentaries on Laozi's Teachings — count: 3