腰
yāo HSK4

waist

腰 yāo
waist noun
the waist and lower back of the human body

他的腰受伤了，不能搬重物。

tā de yāo shòu​shāng le, bù néng bān zhòng​wù.

He hurt his back and can't lift heavy objects.

middle noun
the middle section of an upright object such as a mountain or a bottle

云雾缭绕在山腰上。

yún​wù liáo​rào zài shān yāo shàng.

Mist and clouds swirled around the mountainside.

money pouch noun
a pouch or pocket for carrying money, typically worn or located at the waist

他从腰里摸出了几枚硬币。

tā cóng yāo lǐ mō​chū le jǐ méi yìng​bì.

He fished a few coins out from around his waist.

waistband noun
the waist of trousers or a skirt

这条裤子的腰太宽了。

zhè tiáo kù​zi de yāo tài kuān le.

The waist of these pants is too wide.

kidney noun
the kidney of an animal, especially when used as food

爆炒腰花是这家店的招牌菜。

bào​chǎo yāo​huā shì zhè jiā diàn de zhāo​pái​cài.

Stir-fried pig kidney is the signature dish of this restaurant.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,458th most common 76.7 per million
Movie subtitles
1,836th most common 25.6 per million appears in 13% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
14.7 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
48.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+8170

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)