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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 腰

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
腰 yāo - the waist and lower back
- (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)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 4 4,087 2,559 1,607

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ ⺼ 要

Radical:

⺼

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

要

Semantic:

⺼

Hint:

Flesh

Other Words Containing 腰

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
腰 5 4 4,087 2,559 1,607
腰带 - - 6,696 12,403 6,952
弯腰 - - 11,909 18,655 14,588
腰部 - - 12,974 11,824 7,926
腰包 - - 18,068 21,028 16,991
掏腰包 - - 20,668 38,971 44,301
腰椎 - - 24,348 17,311 22,483
腰果 - - 24,958 49,293 22,181
撑腰 - - 25,377 28,247 23,096
腰围 - - 29,062 17,817 7,516
裤腰带 - - 31,281 - -
腰缠万贯 - - 31,657 54,312 32,925
腰身 - - 32,663 31,478 17,341
懒腰 - - 37,349 37,527 27,161
腰杆 - - 37,836 41,900 29,630
腰子 - - 41,669 59,674 28,347
折腰 - - 42,612 55,805 33,458
后腰 - - 45,350 16,869 22,272
山腰 - - 46,187 23,776 31,803
腰板 - - 47,354 49,850 36,438
点头哈腰 - - 50,710 61,756 48,516
伸懒腰 - - 51,007 58,379 32,701
腰椎间盘 - - 52,288 - -
叉腰 - - 53,248 48,658 27,866
裤腰 - - 55,387 40,892 22,680
拦腰 - - 66,490 34,653 47,797
腰肢 - - 68,179 44,032 54,851
猫腰 - - 94,978 - -
哈腰 - - 96,549 - -