束腰

Chinese

		bunch; (a measure word); to bind bunch; (a measure word); to bind; to control	waist; lower back; pocket waist; lower back; pocket; middle
trad. (束腰)		束	腰
simp. #(束腰)		束	腰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shùyāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cuk¹ jiu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sok-io

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shùyāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shùyao
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴-yao¹
    • Yale: shù-yāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhiau
    • Palladius: шуяо (šujao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cuk¹ jiu¹
    • Yale: chūk yīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsuk⁷ jiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cug¹ yiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵ jiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok-io
    • Tâi-lô: sok-io
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sok'ioy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁵ io⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ iɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /sɔk̚³²⁻⁴ io⁴⁴/

Noun

束腰

1. girdle; corset; stays

Verb

束腰

1. to girdle the waist; to corset; to girdle

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 匴腰

Adjective

束腰

1. (attributive) waist-contracting