yāo
腰 (yāo) is a Chinese word meaning “the waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food); the waist of trousers or a skirt”.
Meanings
- 1the waist and lower back
- 2(bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)
- 3the waist of trousers or a skirt
- 4(metonym) money pouch; pocket
- 5(bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
- Part of speech
- noun