| yáo | surname Yao |
| yáo | handsome/good-looking |
| 姚 | surname Yao |
| 姚安 | Yao'an county in Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州 |
| 姚安县 | Yao'an county in Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州 |
| 姚思廉 | Yao Silian (557-637), Tang writer and compiler of 梁書|梁书 and 陳書 陈书 |
| 姚文元 | Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of the Gang of Four |
| 姚明 | Yao Ming (Chinese NBA star player) |
| 姚滨 | Yao Bin (1957-), PRC champion ice skater during early 1980s and more recently national skating coach |
| 姚雪垠 | Yao Xueyin (1910-1999), PRC novelist, author of historical novel Li Zicheng 李自成 |