Character

腰 yāo

waist; kidney

HSK 5 #1458

腰带 yāo dài	belt
弯腰 wān yāo	to stoop
腰部 yāo bù	waist; small of the back
腰包 yāo bāo	waist purse (old); (fig.) purse; pocket; waist pack; fanny pack; bum bag
掏腰包 tāo yāo bāo	to dip into one's pocket; to pay out of pocket; to foot the bill
腰椎 yāo zhuī	lumbar vertebra (lower backbone)
撑腰 chēng yāo	to support; to brace
腰果 yāo guǒ	cashew nuts
腰围 yāo wéi	waist measurement; girth
腰缠万贯 yāo chán wàn guàn	lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money; extremely wealthy; loaded
裤腰带 kù yāo dài	waistband
懒腰 lǎn yāo	a stretch (of one's body)
腰子 yāo zi	kidney
折腰 zhé yāo	to bend at the waist; to bow; (fig.) to bow to; to submit
山腰 shān yāo	halfway up a mountain; lit. waist of mountain
后腰 hòu yāo	lower back; (sports) defensive midfielder
腰板 yāo bǎn	waist and back; fig. upright and still healthy
伸懒腰 shēn lǎn yāo	to stretch oneself (on waking or when tired etc)
点头哈腰 diǎn tóu hā yāo	to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping; unctuous fawning
叉腰 chā yāo	to put one's hands on one's hips; also written 插腰[cha1 yao1]
腰椎间盘 yāo zhuī jiān pán	intervertebral disk
裤腰 kù yāo	waist of trousers; waistband
拦腰 lán yāo	(hitting) squarely in the middle; (slicing) across the middle; to hold by the waist
腰肢 yāo zhī	waist
哈腰 hā yāo	to bend

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