| yāo | youngest/most junior/tiny/one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military)/one or ace on dice or dominoes/variant of 吆, to shout |
| 幺 | surname Yao |
| 幺二 | one-two or ace-deuce (smallest throw at dice) a prostitute |
| 幺妹 | the (one's) youngest sister |
| 幺并矢 | idemfactor (expressing a vector as sum of its three orthogonal projections) |
| 幺点 | ace |
| 幺麼小丑 | insignificant wretch |
| 幺麽 | petty; insignificant; paltry |
| 幺麽小丑 | Means an insignificant person. |