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腰

yāo

HSK 5 Character

What 腰 means

1. the waist and lower back
2. bound formkidney of an animal (as food)
3. the waist of trousers or a skirt
4. (metonym) money pouch; pocket
5. bound formthe middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)

Example sentences

• 他背疼，不能弯腰。
  Tā bèi téng, bù néng wānyāo.
  He has back pain, he can't bend over.
• 我们爬到了半山腰。
  We went halfway up the mountain.
• 汤姆取下了他的腰带。
  Tom took off his belt.
• 我腰疼，不能打网球。
  My back hurts; I can't play tennis.
• 你的腰带是什么颜色？
  What color is your belt?
• 他从腰部到膝盖都湿了。
  Tā cóng yāobù dào xīgài dōu shī le.
  He got wet from the waist to the knees.

Words starting with 腰

• 腰间yāo jiānwaist
• 腰带yāo dàibelt
• 腰部yāo bùwaist; small of the back
• 腰包yāo bāowaist purse (old); (fig.) purse; pocket
• 腰身yāo shēnwaist; waistline
• 腰围yāo wéiwaist measurement; girth
• 腰肢yāo zhīwaist
• 腰板yāo bǎnwaist and back; physique
• 腰杆yāo gǎn(a person's) back (usu. as sth one keeps straight); (fig.) backing; support
• 腰椎yāo zhuīlumbar vertebra
• 腰际yāo jìwaist; hips
• 腰缠万贯yāo chán wàn guànlit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money…
• 腰子yāo zikidney
• 腰封yāo fēngwide belt; sash; (packaging) paper sash around a book or other product
• 腰果yāo guǒcashew nuts
• 腰突yāo tūlumbar disc herniation
• 腰肉yāo ròuloin
• 腰骨yāo gǔlumbar vertebrae
• 腰鼓yāo gǔwaist drum; waist-drum dance (Han ethnic group folk dance)
• 腰杆子yāo gǎn ziwaist; small of the back; (fig.) backing
• 腰间肉yāo jiān ròuexcess fat on the waist; love handles
• 腰果鸡丁yāo guǒ jī dīngchicken with cashew nuts
• 腰金衣紫yāo jīn yī zǐgolden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom); in official position
• 腰窝yāo wōdimples of Venus; back dimples

Words containing 腰

• 弯腰wān yāoto stoop
• 懒腰lǎn yāoa stretch (of one's body)
• 半山腰bàn shān yāothe mid-slope of a mountain
• 山腰shān yāothe mid-slope of a mountain
• 掏腰包tāo yāo bāoto dip into one's pocket; to pay out of pocket; to foot the bill
• 撑腰chēng yāoto support; to brace
• 后腰hòu yāolower back; (sports) defensive midfielder
• 拦腰lán yāo(hitting) squarely in the middle; (slicing) across the middle; to hold by the waist
• 细腰xì yāoslender waist; fig. pretty woman; mortise and tenon joint on a coffin
• 点头哈腰diǎn tóu hā yāoto nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping; unctuous fawning
• 裤腰带kù yāo dàiwaistband
• 叉腰chā yāoto put one's hands on one's hips
• 折腰zhé yāoto bend at the waist; to bow; (fig.) to bow to; to submit
• 裤腰kù yāowaist of trousers; waistband
• 下腰xià yāo(gymnastics) to do a bridge; to do a crab
• 前腰qián yāo(soccer) attacking midfield; attacking midfielder role
• 半腰bàn yāomiddle; halfway
• 哈腰hā yāoto bend
• 围腰wéi yāoapron
• 扭腰niǔ yāoto sway one's hips; to twist one's waist
• 挺腰tǐng yāoto straighten one's back; to arch one's back
• 搭腰dā yāoharness pad (on draft animal)
• 书腰shū yāo(Taiwan) (publishing) belly band (paper sash around a book, outside the dust jacket)
• 束腰shù yāogirdle

Characters built on 月

These share the phonetic component 月 (yuè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 脑nǎobrain; mind; head
• 朝zhāomorning
• 胞bāoplacenta; womb; born of the same parents
• 膏gāoointment; paste
• 臊sàoshame; bashfulness; to shame
• 脬pāobladder

Characters that look like 腰

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 腊làancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month…
• 膜mómembrane; film
• 膀bǎngupper arm; wing
• 腈jīngacrylic
• 膑bìnvariant of 髌
• 缨yīngtassel; sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc); ribbon

Sounds the same

Read yāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 邀to invite; to request; to intercept
• 妖goblin; witch; devil
• 幺youngest; most junior; tiny
• 约to weigh in a balance or on a scale
• 夭(bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. yǎo); (literary) (of vegetation) luxuriant
• 吆to shout; to bawl; to yell (to urge on an animal)
• 要(bound form) to demand; to coerce
• 祅(literary) uncanny or anomalous phenomenon (variant of 妖
• 喓grasshopper chirp; mosquito buzz
• 葽Polygala japonica; lush (grass)