Chinese words pronounced yāo (1st tone) yao in any tone, all 52 words 11 words. 要(yāo) to demand 约(yāo) to weigh in a balance or on a scale 腰(yāo) the waist and lower back 幺(yāo) youngest 妖(yāo) goblin 邀(yāo) to invite 夭(yāo) to die prematurely 吆(yāo) to shout 祅(yāo) uncanny or anomalous phenomenon 喓(yāo) grasshopper chirp 葽(yāo) Polygala japonica 11 words. 要(yāo) to demand 約(yāo) to weigh in a balance or on a scale 腰(yāo) the waist and lower back 幺(yāo) youngest 妖(yāo) goblin 邀(yāo) to invite 夭(yāo) to die prematurely 吆(yāo) to shout 祅(yāo) uncanny or anomalous phenomenon 喓(yāo) grasshopper chirp 葽(yāo) Polygala japonica