耀 (yào) means Brilliant (glorious - shiny). Below are 10 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
阳光照 耀 着大地。
Yángguāng zhàoyàozhe dàdì.
The sunlight shines upon the earth.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 照耀
炫 耀 只会让人反感。
Xuànyào zhǐ huì ràng rén fǎngǎn.
Showing off only puts people off.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 炫耀
他很谦虚，从不炫 耀 。
Tā hěn qiānxū, cóng bù xuànyào.
He is modest and never shows off.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 谦虚
灯塔射出 耀 眼的光芒。
Dēngtǎ shè chū yàoyǎn de guāngmáng.
The lighthouse threw out a dazzling beam.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 光芒
灯光照 耀 着整个广场。
Dēngguāng zhàoyàozhe zhěnggè guǎngchǎng.
The lights illuminate the whole square.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 照耀
他为人谦逊，从不炫 耀 。
Tā wéirén qiānxùn, cóng bù xuànyào.
He is modest by nature and never shows off.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 谦逊
他从不炫 耀 自己的成绩。
Tā cóng bù xuànyào zìjǐ de chéngjì.
He never shows off his achievements.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 炫耀
他的表现是全场最 耀 眼的。
Tā de biǎoxiàn shì quánchǎng zuì yàoyǎn de.
His performance was the most brilliant of the whole event.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 耀眼
太阳向四周放射出 耀 眼的光芒。
Tàiyáng xiàng sìzhōu fàngshè chū yàoyǎn de guāngmáng.
The sun radiated dazzling light in every direction.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 放射
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How is 耀 used in a sentence?
This page shows 10 sentences using 耀 (yào, "Brilliant (glorious - shiny)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 耀 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 耀 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 耀?
The dictionary page for 耀 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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