腰 yāo

1. yāo noun waist
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 弯着腰 'back bent.' (Ye Shengtao, 1999, p. 22; Guoyu '腰' n 1; Kroll 2015 '腰' 1; NCCED '腰' 1; Unihan '腰')
2. yāo noun kidney
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '腰' 2; Unihan '腰')
3. yāo noun waist [of a garment]
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Clothing
   Notes: (NCCED '腰' 3)
4. yāo noun a pocket; a wallet; a purse
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Clothing
   Notes: Of a garment (NCCED '腰' 4)
5. yāo noun middle; midpoint
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '腰' n 2; Kroll 2015 '腰' 1a; NCCED '腰' 5)
6. yāo noun loins
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Informal (Kroll 2015 '腰' 2)
7. yāo measure word a measure word for belts
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '腰' n 4; Kroll 2015 '腰' 3)
8. yāo verb to wear around the waist
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '腰' v)

Contained in

• 白腰朱顶雀(白腰朱頂雀) common redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
• 腰肢 waist
• 腰胯 hips; waist
• 白腰鹊鸲(白腰鵲鴝) white-rumped shama (Copsychus malabaricus)
• 腰际(腰際) waist; hips
• 腰围(腰圍) waist measurement; girth
• 黄腰太阳鸟(黃腰太陽鳥) crimson sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja)
• 熊腰虎背 waist of a bear and back of a tiger; tough and stocky build
• 蚂蚁腰(螞蟻腰) tiny waist
• 书腰(書腰) (publishing) belly band (paper sash around a book, outside the dust jacket)
• 腰斩(腰斬) to chop somebody in half at the waist; to cut something in half ; to reduce something by a dramatic margin; to terminate; to cut short
• 腰部 waist
• 伸懒腰(伸懶腰) to stretch oneself (on waking or when tired etc)
• 哈腰 to bend
• 斑腰燕 striated swallow (Cecropis striolata)
• 柳腰 waist like a willow
• 仗腰子 to help; to backup somebody
• 腰骨 lumbar vertebrae
• 虎背熊腰 back of a tiger and waist of a bear; tough and stocky build
• 扠腰 hands on hips
• 腰带(腰帶) belt
• 腰牌 a certificate worn on the waist
• 束腰 a girdle; a hourglass shape
• 半腰 middle; halfway
• 后腰(後腰) lower back
• 长腰(長腰) a long, slender waist ; Japonica rice
• 腰果 cashew nuts
• 腰间(腰間) waist
• 折腰 to bend at the waist; to bow ; to be humble
• 腰包 waist purse; purse; pocket; waist pack; fanny pack; bum bag
• 裙腰 the waistband of a skirt
• 猫腰(貓腰) to bend over
• 白腰杓鹬(白腰杓鷸) Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata)
• 黄腰响蜜䴕(黃腰響蜜鴷) yellow-rumped honeyguide (Indicator xanthonotus)
• 弓腰 to bow; to bend at the waist
• 腰金衣紫 golden seal at the waist, purple gown; in official position
• 金腰燕 red-rumped swallow (Cecropis daurica)
• 缠腰(纏腰) to bind the waist
• 插腰 to put one's hands on one's hips
• 白腰草鹬(白腰草鷸) green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
• 山腰 mountainside
• 腰肉 loin
• 摺腰 to bend at the waist
• 白腰雪雀 white-rumped snowfinch (Onychostruthus taczanowskii)
• 仗腰 to help; to backup somebody
• 毛腰 to bend over
• 叉腰 to place hands on hips
• 腰机(腰機) backstrap loom
• 弯腰(彎腰) to stoop
• 半中腰 middle; halfway

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• 卷七十　　志第二十一: 　禮樂四 Volume 70 Treatises 23: Rites and Music 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 33
• 卷11　志第6　禮儀六 Volume 11 Treatises 6: Rites 6 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 30
• 卷四十二　本紀第四十二: 順帝五 Volume 42 Annals 42: Shundi 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 10
• 第二回 Chapter 2 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 9
• 第三十一回 Chapter 31 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 9
• 卷二十　　　　　志第十　　　　禮樂十 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Rites and Music 10 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 9
• 第七十六回 Chapter 76 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 8
• 卷八十四 志第六十 河渠二 Volume 84 Treatises 60: Rivers and Canals 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 8
• 第六十二回 Chapter 62 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 8
• 第二回 Chapter 112 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 8

Collocations

• 腰剑 (腰劍) 腰劍 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷11　志第6　禮儀六 Volume 11 Treatises 6: Rites 6 — count: 27
• 腰舆 (腰輿) 王乘腰輿 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷81　列傳第46 東夷 Volume 81 Biographies 46: The Dongyi — count: 21
• 腰领 (腰領) 以屬其腰領 — Guanzi 管子, 匡君小匡第二十 Chapter 20: Kuang Jun Xiao Kuang — count: 7
• 伤腰 (傷腰) 輔傷腰不能行 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十二 董卓列傳 Volume 72: Biography of Dong Zhuo — count: 6
• 绕腰 (繞腰) 男女皆以橫幅吉貝繞腰以下 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷五十四 列傳第四十八 諸夷 Volume 54: Various Barbarians — count: 6
• 一腰 (一腰) 賞真珠金帶一腰 — Book of Zhou 周書, 卷27 列傳第19 赫連達 韓果 蔡祐 常善 辛威 厙狄昌 田弘 梁椿 梁臺 宇文測 弟深 Volume 27 Biographies 19: He Lianda; Han Guo; Cai You; Chang Shan; Xin Wei; She Dichang; Tian Hong; Liang Chun; Liang Tai; Yu Wence brother Shen — count: 5
• 乘腰 (乘腰) 王乘腰輿 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷81　列傳第46 東夷 Volume 81 Biographies 46: The Dongyi — count: 4
• 腰边 (腰邊) 輙下馬解取腰邊蠡器酌水飲之 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷七 本紀第七 東昏侯 Volume 7 Annals 7: Marquess of Donghun — count: 4
• 腰腹 (腰腹) 瞞絡腰腹 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷82　列傳第47 南蠻 Volume 82 Biographies 47: The Nanman — count: 4
• 腰脚 (腰腳) 但比腰腳大惡 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷五十一 列傳第四十五 處士 Volume 51: Retired Gentlemen — count: 4