腰眼

腰眼

Chinese

		waist; lower back; pocket waist; lower back; pocket; middle	eye
simp. and trad. (腰眼)		腰	眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāoyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu¹ ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yāoyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iauyean
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: yāoyǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ ㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iauyeal
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu¹ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: yīu ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu¹ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu¹ ngan⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯⁵⁵ ŋäːn¹³/

Noun

腰眼

1. either side of the small of the back
2. (figuratively) nub or heart of the matter

Synonyms

• (small of the back): (Min Nan) 尾豹頭／尾豹头