Miao

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Miao

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From Mandarin 苗 (Miáo).

noun Meo

  1. plural, plural only The Miao peoples (including Hmong, Hmu, A-Hmao, Qo Xiong, etc.), an ethnic group of China and Vietnam speaking the Hmong-Mien language family. With the help of KMT Miao representatives like Shi Honggui, Changsha drew up its plans for a permanent advance into the West: the Reconstruction Program of July 3, 1936, which called on the Miao people to learn Chinese, intermarry with the Han, and give up their traditional sacrifices, “undesirable

proper noun Meo

  1. The languages of the Miao.
  2. A surname from Chinese.

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name language of the Miao

中文苗語 /苗语 Miáoyǔ

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@misc{miao_2026,
  title = {Miao},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/miao},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}