腰

Pinyin: yāo

the waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)

Example sentence

我腰疼,不能打网球。

Wǒ yāo téng, bù néng dǎ wǎngqiú.

My back hurts; I can't play tennis.

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What 腰 means

腰 (yāo) is a Chinese word meaning “the waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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