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腰
yāo
waist, lower back; middle; pocket
🔤 Pictophonetic:
⺼ (flesh) provides meaning, 要 provides pronunciation
Words Using 腰 (70)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
腰
yāo
waist / lower back / pocket / middle / loins
5
腰
yāo
waist / lower back / pocket / middle / loins
腰包
yāobāo
waist purse (old) / (fig.) purse / pocket / waist pack / fanny pack / bum bag
腰包
yāobāo
waist purse (old) / (fig.) purse / pocket / waist pack / fanny pack / bum bag
腰椎
yāozhuī
lumbar vertebra (lower backbone)
腰椎
yāozhuī
lumbar vertebra (lower backbone)
腰果
yāoguǒ
cashew nuts
腰果
yāoguǒ
cashew nuts
腰部
yāobù
waist / small of the back
腰部
yāobù
waist / small of the back
腰子
yāozi
kidney
腰子
yāozi
kidney
掏腰包
tāoyāobāo
to pay / to foot the bill
掏腰包
tāoyāobāo
to pay / to foot the bill
山腰
shānyāo
halfway up a mountain / lit. waist of mountain
山腰
shānyāo
halfway up a mountain / lit. waist of mountain
束腰
shùyāo
girdle
束腰
shùyāo
girdle
哈腰
hāyāo
to bend
哈腰
hāyāo
to bend
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⿰⺼要
i
Component Tree i
yào
要
essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand
💡 Ideographic:
A woman 女 with hands on her waist 覀
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HSK 2