Chinese words pronounced diāo (1st tone) diao in any tone, all 20 words 10 words. 雕(diāo) to carve 貂(diāo) sable or marten 叼(diāo) to hold with one's mouth 碉(diāo) rock cave 刁(diāo) artful 凋(diāo) withered 鲷(diāo) porgy 汈(diāo) (used in place names) 琱(diāo) to engrave gems 蛁(diāo) Pomponia maculatiocollis 10 words. 鵰(diāo) bird of prey 貂(diāo) sable or marten 叼(diāo) to hold with one's mouth 碉(diāo) rock cave 刁(diāo) artful 凋(diāo) withered 鯛(diāo) porgy 汈(diāo) (used in place names) 琱(diāo) to engrave gems 蛁(diāo) Pomponia maculatiocollis