腰椎

腰椎

Chinese

		waist; lower back; pocket waist; lower back; pocket; middle	spine; a hammer
trad. (腰椎)		腰	椎
simp. #(腰椎)		腰	椎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāozhuī

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ ㄓㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu¹ zeoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāozhuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ ㄓㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yaojhuei
    • Wade–Giles: yao¹-chui¹
    • Yale: yāu-jwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iaujuei
    • Palladius: яочжуй (jaočžuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂweɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu¹ zeoi¹
    • Yale: yīu jēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu¹ dzoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu¹ zêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯⁵⁵ t͡ʃɵy̯⁵⁵/

Noun

腰椎

1. lumbar vertebrae (bones of the lower back)

Synonyms

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腰脊骨 (Min Nan)

腰骨 (yāogǔ)

Derived terms

腰椎穿刺 (yāozhuī chuāncì)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
腰	椎
よう Grade: S	つい Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

腰 (“lower back”) +‎ 椎 (“vertebra”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) よーつい [yòótsúí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) よ​ーつい [yóꜜòtsùì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ːt͡sɨᵝi]

Noun

腰(よう)椎(つい) • (yōtsui) 

1. a lumbar vertebra

   Hypernym: 椎骨 (tsuikotsu)