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): ㄧㄠㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu¹ ngaan⁵
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹iau-nge

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yāoyǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠㄧㄢˇ
  - 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: ㄧㄠㄧㄢˇㄦ
  - 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
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ¹iau-nge
  - MiniDict: iau^平 nge
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹iau-nge
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɔ⁵⁵ ŋe²¹/

Noun

腰眼

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

Synonyms

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

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