Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 腰

waist
lower back
pocket
middle
loins

(gymnastics) to do a bridge
to do a crab

lower back
(sports) defensive midfielder

to bend

waist
waistline

cashew nuts

waist drum
waist-drum dance (Han ethnic group folk dance)

(hitting) squarely in the middle
(slicing) across the middle
to hold by the waist

waist of trousers
waistband

belt
CL:條／条 (tiáo),根 (gēn)

middle
halfway

to put one's hands on one's hips

to bend at the waist; to bow
(fig.) to bow to; to submit

to stoop

lumbar vertebra (lower backbone)

waist purse (old)
(fig.) purse
pocket
waist pack
fanny pack
bum bag

to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment)
to cut sth in half
to reduce sth by a dramatic margin
to terminate
to cut short

to bow
to bend at the waist

waist
hips

girdle

hips
waist

loin

a stretch (of one's body)

slender waistline

(a person's) back (usu. as sth one keeps straight)
(fig.) backing; support

(Tw) (publishing) belly band (paper sash around a book, outside the dust jacket)

dimples of Venus
back dimples

harness pad (on draft animal)

variant of 叉腰 (chāyāo)

slender waist
fig. pretty woman
mortise and tenon joint on a coffin

waist and back
physique

the place halfway up a mountain

to bend over; to stoop down
Taiwan pr. (māoyāo)

to sway one's hips
to twist one's waist

to straighten one's back
to arch one's back

waist
small of the back

waist measurement
girth

waist

waist

to support
to brace

(dialect) to bend over

wide belt
sash
(packaging) paper sash around a book or other product

(lit.) to cry from hunger (from Taiwanese 哭枵, Tai-lo pr. (khàu-iau))
(Tw) (slang) to whine; shut the hell up!; fuck!; damn!

kidney

lumbar vertebrae

to back sb up
to support (from the rear)

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

waist
small of the back
(fig.) backing

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

to dip into one's pocket; to pay out of pocket; to foot the bill

(coll.) tiny waist

middle
halfway

to stretch oneself (on waking or when tired etc)

slender and supple waist
lithe body
feminine pose

waistband

(coll.) to pace around nervously
to speak indirectly
to beat about the bush

golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom); in official position

hóngyāozhūquè

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

yāozhuījiānpán

intervertebral disk

xióngyāohǔbèi

waist of a bear and back of a tiger
tough and stocky build

báiyāoyàn'ōu

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

wānyāotuóbèi

slouch
stoop
poor posture

yāochánwànguàn

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

báiyāowénniǎo

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

báiyāoquèqú

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

hēiyāobīnyù

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

báiyāocǎoyù

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

diǎntóuhāyāo

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

yāoguǒjīdīng

chicken with cashew nuts

báiyāoxuěquè

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

báiyāobīnyù

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

huángyāoliǔyīng

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

báiyāosháoyù

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

zìtāoyāobāo

to pay out of one's own pocket
to dig into one's pocket

bǎngdàyāoyuán

tall and strong
burly
beefy

hǔbèixióngyāo

back of a tiger and waist of a bear
tough and stocky build

xiǎobáiyāoyǔyàn

小白腰雨燕

[小白腰雨燕]

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

báiyāozhūdǐngquè

白腰朱顶雀

[白腰朱頂雀]

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

dànhuángyāoliǔyīng

淡黄腰柳莺

[淡黃腰柳鶯]

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

děngyāosānjiǎoxíng

等腰三角形

[等腰三角形]

isosceles triangle

huángyāotàiyángniǎo

黄腰太阳鸟

[黃腰太陽鳥]

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

huángyāoxiǎngmìliè

黄腰响蜜䴕

[黃腰響蜜鴷]

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

wèiwǔdǒumǐzhéyāo

为五斗米折腰

[為五斗米折腰]

(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)
(fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary

yāozhuījiānpántūchū

腰椎间盘突出

[腰椎間盤突出]

slipped disk
vertebral herniation
prolapsed disk

lányāoduǎnwěiyīngwǔ

蓝腰短尾鹦鹉

[藍腰短尾鸚鵡]

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

báiyāochāwěihǎiyàn

白腰叉尾海燕

[白腰叉尾海燕]

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

yāozhuījiānpántūchūzhèng

腰椎间盘突出症

[腰椎間盤突出症]

herniated lumbar disk

bágēnhànmáobǐyāocū

拔根汗毛比腰粗

[拔根汗毛比腰粗]

lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom)
fig. A is far richer (or more powerful) than B
(used in a pattern such as A拔根汗毛比B的腰粗 ( Abágēnhànmáobǐ Bdeyāocū))

zhànzheshuōhuàbùyāoténg

站着说话不腰疼

[站著說話不腰疼]

lit. it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter (idiom)
fig. to be an armchair expert; to blabber on