腰杆子 yāogǎnzi waist Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 腰 yāo noun waist waist; the small of the back杆 桿 gǎn noun pole (gǎn) stick; pole; rod; lever; any shaft-like part of an object子 zi affix noun suffix [suffix] used to form nouns from noun, verb, or adjective roots