- 敖德萨 áodésà OdessaOdessa, a city in Ukraine
- 敖包 áobāo cairnA road or boundary marker made of piled up earth or stones in Mongolian regions, formerly worshipped as the dwelling place of spirits; also written as [[鄂博|鄂博|e4 bo2]].
- 敖汉旗 áohànqí Aohan BannerAohan Banner or Aokhan Khoshuu in the prefecture-level city of [[赤峰|赤峰|chi4 feng1]], Inner Mongolia
- 敖广 áoguǎng Ao GuangAo Guang, the Dragon King of the East Sea and a character in the classic novel [[西游记|西遊記|xi1 you2 ji4]]
- 孙叔敖 sūnshū'áo Sunshu AoA famous high official of the State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period known for his integrity and for the legend of killing a two-headed snake to protect others from its curse.
- 敖敖 áo'áo tall(literary) describes a person who is tall and handsome; lengthy; long
- 敖顺 áoshùn Ao ShunThe Dragon King of the North Sea in the novel [[西游记|西遊記|xi1 you2 ji4]]
- 敖汉 áohàn Aohan bannerAohan banner or Aokhan khoshuu in [[赤峰|赤峰|chi4 feng1]], Inner Mongolia
- 仓敖 cāng'áo granary(variant form) a storehouse for grain or other agricultural produce
- 怠敖 dài'áo lazy(variant form) lazy and idle; negligent
- 敖吉 áojí Ao JiDragon King of the Northern Sea in Chinese mythology and folklore
- 敖贝得 áobèidé ObedObed, a biblical name
- 敖闰 áorùn Ao RunDragon King of the West Sea; a deity in Chinese mythology
- 若敖鬼馁 ruò'áoguǐněi to have no progeny(literary) to have no offspring to carry on the family name or offer ancestral sacrifices; a reference to a story from the [[左传|左傳|zuo3 zhuan4]] about the Ruo'ao family's ghosts going hungry due to a lack of descendants
- 谑浪笑敖 xuèlàngxiào'áo to mock and jeerto tease or treat someone with scornful words and mocking laughter; to play jokes on others
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- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH