腰 (yāo)
waist; lower back
How 腰 is written
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- Traditional
- 腰
- Simplified
- 腰 (unchanged)
Common words using 腰
- 彎腰 wānyāo
- to stoop
- 腰包 yāobāo
- waist purse (old); (fig.) purse; pocket
- 腰圍 yāowéi
- waist measurement; girth
- 腰帶 yāodài
- belt
- 腰果 yāoguǒ
- cashew nuts
- 腰部 yāobù
- waist; small of the back
- 伸懶腰 shēnlǎnyāo
- to stretch oneself
- 哈腰 hāyāo
- to bend
- 山腰 shānyāo
- halfway up a mountain; lit. waist of mountain
- 弓腰 gōngyāo
- to bow; to bend at the waist
- 後腰 hòuyāo
- lower back
- 懶腰 lǎnyāo
- stretch
腰 in a sentence
搬重物的時候要小心，不要閃到腰。
Bān zhòngwù de shíhòu yào xiǎoxīn, búyào shǎndào yāo.
“Be careful when lifting heavy objects; don't sprain your lower back.”
How common is 腰?
腰 is the 1,456th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 94.2% of all running text.
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