yǎo tiǎo

窈窕 (yǎo tiǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “(literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined; comely; (esp.) slender; slim; (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded”.

Meanings

  1. 1(literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined; comely; (esp.) slender; slim
  2. 2(literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded

Characters in 窈窕

窈yǎo · (literary) deep; profound; dim (variant of 杳[yao3])窕tiǎo · quiet and secluded

Related words

窈(literary) deep; profound; dim (variant of 杳[yao3])窈窈obscure窈冥variant of 杳冥[yao3 ming2]窈霭variant of 杳靄|杳霭[yao3 ai3]窕quiet and secluded窕邃abstruse轻窕frivolous

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