彎腰

See also: 弯腰

Chinese

		bend; bent	waist; lower back; pocket waist; lower back; pocket; middle
trad. (彎腰)		彎	腰
simp. (弯腰)		弯	腰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wānyāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢ ㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan¹ jiu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vân-yêu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wānyāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢ ㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wanyao
    • Wade–Giles: wan¹-yao¹
    • Yale: wān-yāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uaniau
    • Palladius: ваньяо (vanʹjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan¹ jiu¹
    • Yale: wāan yīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan¹ jiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan¹ yiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn⁵⁵ jiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vân-yêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: van´ ieu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: van¹ yeu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /van²⁴⁻¹¹ i̯eu̯²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vân-yêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: van´ (r)ieu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: van¹ yeu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /van²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i̯eu̯²⁴/

Verb

彎腰

1. to bend over; to stoop

Synonyms

• 哈腰 (hāyāo)
• (Min Nan) 揞腰