| 姚 | [ yaó ] surname Yao |
| 姚 | [ yaó ] handsome, good-looking |
| 姚安 | [ yaó ān ] Yao'an County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan |
| 姚安縣 | [ yaó ān xiàn ] Yao'an County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan |
| 姚思廉 | [ yaó sī lián ] Yao Silian (557-637), Tang writer and compiler of 梁書|梁书[Liang2 shu1] and 陳書|陈书[Chen2 shu1] |
| 姚文元 | [ yaó wén yuán ] Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of the Gang of Four |
| 姚明 | [ yaó míng ] Yao Ming (1980-), retired Chinese basketball player, played for CBA Shanghai Sharks 1997-2002 and for NBA Houston Rockets 2002-2011 |
| 姚濱 | [ yaó bīn ] Yao Bin (1957-), PRC champion ice skater during early 1980s and more recently national skating coach |
| 姚雪垠 | [ yaó xuě yín ] Yao Xueyin (1910-1999), PRC novelist, author of historical novel Li Zicheng 李自成 |
| ⇒ 大姚 | [ dà yaó ] Dayao County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan |
| ⇒ 大姚縣 | [ dà yaó xiàn ] Dayao County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan |
| ⇒ 餘姚 | [ yú yaó ] Yuyao county level city in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 bo1], Zhejiang |
| ⇒ 餘姚市 | [ yú yaó shì ] Yuyao county level city in Ningbo 寧波|宁波[Ning2 bo1], Zhejiang |
