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腰

On the HSK 5 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

yāo ㄧㄠ

    • the waist and lower back
    • kidney of an animal (as food)

      bound form

    • the waist of trousers or a skirt
    • money pouch pocket

      metonym

    • the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)

      bound form

Classifiers (measure words)

Other words read yāo

In the same tone

  • 要 yāo demand
  • 约 yāo weigh in a balance or on a scale
  • 幺 yāo youngest
  • 妖 yāo goblin
  • 邀 yāo invite

All 11 words read yāo

yao with other tones

  • 药 yào medicine
  • 咬 yǎo bite
  • 摇 yáo shake
  • 窑 yáo kiln
  • 遥 yáo distant

All 52 words read yao in any tone

Other words read yāo

In the same tone

  • 要 yāo demand
  • 約 yāo weigh in a balance or on a scale
  • 幺 yāo youngest
  • 妖 yāo goblin
  • 邀 yāo invite

All 11 words read yāo

yao with other tones

  • 葯 yào leaf of the iris
  • 藥 yào medicine
  • 咬 yǎo bite
  • 搖 yáo shake
  • 窯 yáo kiln

All 52 words read yao in any tone

How 腰 is written

    部首 radical
    ⺼ a form of 肉
    笔画 strokes
    13, with 9 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    ⺼要
    形旁 meaning
    ⺼
    声旁 sound
    要

    Words with 腰

    Starting with 腰

    All 29 words starting with 腰

    Ending with 腰

    • 弯腰 wānyāo stoop
    • 山腰 shānyāo mid-slope of a mountain
    • 拦腰 lányāo across the middle
    • 后腰 hòuyāo lower back
    • 下腰 xiàyāo do a bridge

    All 35 words ending with 腰

    Containing 腰

    All 29 words containing 腰

    Words with 腰

    Starting with 腰

    All 29 words starting with 腰

    Ending with 腰

    • 彎腰 wānyāo stoop
    • 山腰 shānyāo mid-slope of a mountain
    • 攔腰 lányāo across the middle
    • 後腰 hòuyāo lower back
    • 下腰 xiàyāo do a bridge

    All 35 words ending with 腰

    Containing 腰

    All 29 words containing 腰

    The words 腰 counts as a measure word

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