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yāo
HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 4

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Definitions

  1. 1. waist
  2. 2. lower back
  3. 3. pocket
  4. 4. middle
  5. 5. loins

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13111502)

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Words Containing 腰

腰胯
yāo kuà

hips

水蛇腰
shuǐ shé yāo

slender and supple waist

腰椎间盘
yāo zhuī jiān pán

intervertebral disk

虎背熊腰
hǔ bèi xióng yāo

back of a tiger and waist of a bear

腰包
yāo bāo

(fig.) purse

束腰
shù yāo

girdle

腰骨
yāo gǔ

lumbar vertebrae

裤腰
kù yāo

waist of trousers

腰际
yāo jì

waist

转腰子
zhuàn yāo zi

(coll.) to pace around nervously

白腰滨鹬
bái yāo bīn yù

(bird species of China) white-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)

仗腰
zhàng yāo

to back sb up

纤腰
xiān yāo

slender waistline

蚂蚁腰
mǎ yǐ yāo

(coll.) tiny waist

淡黄腰柳莺
dàn huáng yāo liǔ yīng

(bird species of China) lemon-rumped warbler (Phylloscopus chloronotus)

腰椎间盘突出
yāo zhuī jiān pán tū chū

slipped disk

搭腰
dā yāo

harness pad (on draft animal)

点头哈腰
diǎn tóu hā yāo

to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping

金腰燕
jīn yāo yàn

(bird species of China) red-rumped swallow (Cecropis daurica)

腰板
yāo bǎn

waist and back

白腰草鹬
bái yāo cǎo yù

(bird species of China) green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)

腰缠万贯
yāo chán wàn guàn

lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money

哈腰
hā yāo

to bend

叉腰
chā yāo

to put one's hands on one's hips

后腰
hòu yāo

lower back

猫腰
máo yāo

to bend over

弯腰驼背
wān yāo tuó bèi

slouch

白腰杓鹬
bái yāo sháo yù

(bird species of China) Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata)

白腰鹊鸲
bái yāo què qú

(bird species of China) white-rumped shama (Copsychus malabaricus)

懒腰
lǎn yāo

a stretch (of one's body)

裤腰带
kù yāo dài

waistband

腰果
yāo guǒ

cashew nuts

白腰朱顶雀
bái yāo zhū dǐng què

(bird species of China) common redpoll (Acanthis flammea)

挺腰
tǐng yāo

to straighten one's back

白腰文鸟
bái yāo wén niǎo

(bird species of China) white-rumped munia (Lonchura striata)

小白腰雨燕
xiǎo bái yāo yǔ yàn

(bird species of China) house swift (Apus nipalensis)

黄腰响蜜䴕
huáng yāo xiǎng mì liè

(bird species of China) yellow-rumped honeyguide (Indicator xanthonotus)

腰椎间盘突出症
yāo zhuī jiān pán tū chū zhèng

herniated lumbar disk

伸懒腰
shēn lǎn yāo

to stretch oneself (on waking or when tired etc)

半腰
bàn yāo

middle

扭腰
niǔ yāo

to sway one's hips

腰果鸡丁
yāo guǒ jī dīng

chicken with cashew nuts

腰子
yāo zi

kidney

拔根汗毛比腰粗
bá gēn hàn máo bǐ yāo cū

lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom)

腰封
yāo fēng

wide belt

红腰朱雀
hóng yāo zhū què

(bird species of China) red-mantled rosefinch (Carpodacus rhodochlamys)

半中腰
bàn zhōng yāo

middle

腰杆
yāo gǎn

(a person's) back (usu. as sth one keeps straight)

白腰叉尾海燕
bái yāo chā wěi hǎi yàn

(bird species of China) Leach's storm petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)

掏腰包
tāo yāo bāo

to dip into one's pocket

腰杆子
yāo gǎn zi

waist

站着说话不腰疼
zhàn zhe shuō huà bù yāo téng

it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter (idiom)

黑腰滨鹬
hēi yāo bīn yù

(bird species of China) Baird's sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)

毛腰
máo yāo

(dialect) to bend over

熊腰虎背
xióng yāo hǔ bèi

waist of a bear and back of a tiger

下腰
xià yāo

(gymnastics) to do a bridge

腰椎
yāo zhuī

lumbar vertebra (lower backbone)

白腰雪雀
bái yāo xuě què

(bird species of China) white-rumped snowfinch (Onychostruthus taczanowskii)

腰窝
yāo wō

dimples of Venus

腰斩
yāo zhǎn

to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment)

黄腰太阳鸟
huáng yāo tài yáng niǎo

(bird species of China) crimson sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja)

腰身
yāo shēn

waist

腰肢
yāo zhī

waist

腰带
yāo dài

belt

弯腰
wān yāo

to stoop

蓝腰短尾鹦鹉
lán yāo duǎn wěi yīng wǔ

(bird species of China) blue-rumped parrot (Psittinus cyanurus)

弓腰
gōng yāo

to bow

斑腰燕
bān yāo yàn

(bird species of China) striated swallow (Cecropis striolata)

腰围
yāo wéi

waist measurement

自掏腰包
zì tāo yāo bāo

to pay out of one's own pocket

腰肉
yāo ròu

loin

靠腰
kào yāo

(lit.) to cry from hunger (from Taiwanese 哭枵, Tai-lo pr. [khàu-iau])

膀大腰圆
bǎng dà yāo yuán

tall and strong

折腰
zhé yāo

to bend at the waist

黄腰柳莺
huáng yāo liǔ yīng

(bird species of China) Pallas's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)

腰间
yāo jiān

waist

等腰三角形
děng yāo sān jiǎo xíng

isosceles triangle

腰鼓
yāo gǔ

waist drum

细腰
xì yāo

slender waist

为五斗米折腰
wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhé yāo

(allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜[táo qián], who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate)

山腰
shān yāo

halfway up a mountain

拦腰
lán yāo

(hitting) squarely in the middle

白腰燕鸥
bái yāo yàn ōu

(bird species of China) Aleutian tern (Onychoprion aleuticus)

撑腰
chēng yāo

to support

腰部
yāo bù

waist