Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- yāo
English
- waist
- the waist and lower back
- kidney
- (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)
- the waist of trousers or a skirt
- (metonym) money pouch; pocket
- (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
- waist
- (of an animal) kidney
粵語
- 人嘅肋骨之下、屁股之上
- 動物嘅腎，作為食物時嘅名稱
As a component in
Words containing 腰
- 腰間jiu1 gaan1
waist
- 腰骨jiu1 gwat1
lumbar vertebrae
- 腰斬jiu1 zaam2
to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment)
- 腰帶jiu1 daai2
belt
- 彎腰waan1 jiu1
to stoop
- 撐腰caang1 jiu1
to support
- 花腰faa1 jiu1
a police constable [colloquial]
- 山腰saan1 jiu1
the mid-slope of a mountain
- 腰包jiu1 baau1
waist purse (old)
- 腰果jiu1 gwo2
cashew nuts
- 折腰zit3 jiu1
to bend at the waist; to bow
- 腰圍jiu1 wai4
waist measurement
- 叉腰caa1 jiu1
to put one's hands on one's hips
- 攔腰laan4 jiu1
(hitting) squarely in the middle
- 纖腰cim1 jiu1
slender waistline
- 拗腰ngaau2 jiu1
to bend backwards
- 高腰gou1 jiu1
high-waisted
- 等腰dang2 jiu1
isosceles
- 腰子jiu1 zi2
kidney
- 低腰dai1 jiu1
low-waisted
- 腰力jiu1 lik6
strength of one's waist
- 半腰bun3 jiu1
middle
- 平腰ping4 jiu1
(of trousers and pants) waist-length
- 腰封jiu1 fung1
wide belt