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Definitions

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

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Words Containing 腰

下腰
xià yāo

(gymnastics) to do a bridge

仗腰
zhàng yāo

to back sb up

伸懒腰
shēn lǎn yāo

to stretch oneself (on waking or when tired etc)

半中腰
bàn zhōng yāo

middle

半腰
bàn yāo

middle

叉腰
chā yāo

to put one's hands on one's hips

哈腰
hā yāo

to bend

小白腰雨燕
xiǎo bái yāo yǔ yàn

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

山腰
shān yāo

halfway up a mountain

弓腰
gōng yāo

to bow

弯腰
wān yāo

to stoop

弯腰驼背
wān yāo tuó bèi

slouch

后腰
hòu yāo

lower back

懒腰
lǎn yāo

a stretch (of one's body)

扭腰
niǔ yāo

to sway one's hips

折腰
zhé yāo

to bend at the waist

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)

挺腰
tǐng yāo

to straighten one's back

掏腰包
tāo yāo bāo

to dip into one's pocket

搭腰
dā yāo

harness pad (on draft animal)

撑腰
chēng yāo

to support

拦腰
lán yāo

(hitting) squarely in the middle

斑腰燕
bān yāo yàn

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

束腰
shù yāo

girdle

毛腰
máo yāo

(dialect) to bend over

水蛇腰
shuǐ shé yāo

slender and supple waist

淡黄腰柳莺
dàn huáng yāo liǔ yīng

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

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)

熊腰虎背
xióng yāo hǔ bèi

waist of a bear and back of a tiger

白腰叉尾海燕
bái yāo chā wěi hǎi yàn

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

白腰文鸟
bái yāo wén niǎo

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

白腰朱顶雀
bái yāo zhū dǐng què

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

白腰杓鹬
bái yāo sháo yù

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

白腰滨鹬
bái yāo bīn yù

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

白腰燕鸥
bái yāo yàn ōu

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

白腰草鹬
bái yāo cǎo yù

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

白腰雪雀
bái yāo xuě què

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

白腰鹊鸲
bái yāo què qú

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

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)

等腰三角形
děng yāo sān jiǎo xíng

isosceles triangle

红腰朱雀
hóng yāo zhū què

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

细腰
xì yāo

slender waist

纤腰
xiān yāo

slender waistline

腰包
yāo bāo

(fig.) purse

腰围
yāo wéi

waist measurement

腰子
yāo zi

kidney

腰封
yāo fēng

wide belt

腰带
yāo dài

belt

腰斩
yāo zhǎn

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

腰板
yāo bǎn

waist and back

腰果
yāo guǒ

cashew nuts

腰果鸡丁
yāo guǒ jī dīng

chicken with cashew nuts

腰杆
yāo gǎn

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

腰杆子
yāo gǎn zi

waist

腰椎
yāo zhuī

lumbar vertebra (lower backbone)

腰椎间盘
yāo zhuī jiān pán

intervertebral disk

腰椎间盘突出
yāo zhuī jiān pán tū chū

slipped disk

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

herniated lumbar disk

腰窝
yāo wō

dimples of Venus

腰缠万贯
yāo chán wàn guàn

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

腰肉
yāo ròu

loin

腰肢
yāo zhī

waist

腰胯
yāo kuà

hips

腰身
yāo shēn

waist

腰部
yāo bù

waist

腰间
yāo jiān

waist

腰际
yāo jì

waist

腰骨
yāo gǔ

lumbar vertebrae

腰鼓
yāo gǔ

waist drum

膀大腰圆
bǎng dà yāo yuán

tall and strong

自掏腰包
zì tāo yāo bāo

to pay out of one's own pocket

蓝腰短尾鹦鹉
lán yāo duǎn wěi yīng wǔ

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

虎背熊腰
hǔ bèi xióng yāo

back of a tiger and waist of a bear

蚂蚁腰
mǎ yǐ yāo

(coll.) tiny waist

裤腰
kù yāo

waist of trousers

裤腰带
kù yāo dài

waistband

猫腰
máo yāo

to bend over

转腰子
zhuàn yāo zi

(coll.) to pace around nervously

金腰燕
jīn yāo yàn

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

靠腰
kào yāo

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

黄腰太阳鸟
huáng yāo tài yáng niǎo

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

黄腰柳莺
huáng yāo liǔ yīng

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

黄腰响蜜䴕
huáng yāo xiǎng mì liè

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

黑腰滨鹬
hēi yāo bīn yù

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

点头哈腰
diǎn tóu hā yāo

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