yāo

waist; lower back; middle

HSK 5 #1458

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 1458th character
Radical ⾁ (130.9)
Strokes 13
Index # 2969

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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腰 stroke order animation

Words containing 腰

Word Meaning
belt
to stoop
waist; small of the back
(fig.) purse; pocket; waist pack
to pay out of pocket; to foot the bill
lumbar vertebra (lower backbone)
to support; to brace
cashew nuts
waist measurement; girth
extremely wealthy; loaded
waistband
a stretch (of one's body)
kidney
to bend at the waist; to bow; (fig.) to bow to
halfway up a mountain; lit. waist of mountain
lower back; (sports) defensive midfielder
waist and back; fig. upright and still healthy
to stretch oneself (on waking or when tired etc)
to nod one's head and bow (idiom); bowing and scraping
to put one's hands on one's hips
intervertebral disk
waist of trousers; waistband
(hitting) squarely in the middle
waist
to bend
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