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腰
yāo
1. waist
2. lower back
3. pocket
4. middle
5. loins
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

腰
yāo
waist, lower back; middle; pocket
HSK 5 13 丶

Compound Words (20)

仗腰
zhàngyāo
to back sb up
半腰
bànyāo
middle
哈腰
hāyāo
to bend
山腰
shānyāo
halfway up a mountain
弓腰
gōngyāo
to bow
弯腰
wānyāo
to stoop
后腰
hòuyāo
lower back
懒腰
lǎnyāo
stretch
扭腰
niǔyāo
to sway one's hips
插腰
chāyāo
to put one's hands on one's hips
搭腰
dāyāo
harness pad (on draught animal)
撑腰
chēngyāo
to support
拦腰
lányāo
(hitting) squarely in the middle
束腰
shùyāo
girdle
毛腰
máoyāo
(dialect) to bend over
细腰
xìyāo
slender waist
纤腰
xiānyāo
slender waistline
腰包
yāobāo
waist purse (old)
腰围
yāowéi
waist measurement
腰子
yāozi
kidney

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,457
Word Frequency Rank
3,293 of 84,292

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