Usage of the character 窯
yáo
窑
[窯]
- kiln
- oven
- coal pit
- cave dwelling
- (coll.) brothel
tǔyáo
土窑
[土窯]
- earthen kiln
- loess cave
zhuānyáo
砖窑
[磚窯]
- brick kiln
yáozi
窑子
[窯子]
- (old) low-grade brothel
yáodòng
窑洞
[窯洞]
- yaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China)
- CL:孔 (kǒng)
kǔyáo
苦窑
[苦窯]
- (slang) prison
yáojiě
窑姐
[窯姐]
- (dialect) prostitute
hēizhuānyáo
黑砖窑
[黑磚窯]
- lit. black brick kiln
- factories that acquired notoriety in 2007 for slave labor
zhuānyáochǎng
砖窑场
[磚窯場]
- brick kiln
yáojiěr
窑姐儿
[窯姐兒]
- erhua variant of 窯姐／窑姐 (yáojiě)
dūnkǔyáo
蹲苦窑
[蹲苦窯]
- (slang) to be behind bars
pòwǎhányáo
破瓦寒窑
[破瓦寒窯]
- lit. broken tiles, cold hearth; fig. a broken-down house
- poor and shabby dwelling