腰眼

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāoyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu¹ ngaan⁵
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹iau-nge

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāoyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yaoyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yao¹-yen³
    • Yale: yāu-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iauyean
    • Palladius: яоянь (jaojanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāoyǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ ㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yaoyǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: yao¹-yen³-ʼrh
    • Yale: yāu-yǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iauyeal
    • Palladius: яояньр (jaojanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu¹ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: yīu ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu¹ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu¹ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯⁵⁵ ŋaːn¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹iau-nge
    • MiniDict: iau^平 nge
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹iau-nge
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɔ⁵⁵ ŋe²¹/

Noun

腰眼

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

Synonyms

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