腰骨

Chinese

		waist; lower back; pocket waist; lower back; pocket; middle	bone
trad. (腰骨)		腰	骨
simp. #(腰骨)		腰	骨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāogǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu¹ gwat¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yêu-kut
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): io-kut

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāogǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yaogǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yao¹-ku³
    • Yale: yāu-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iauguu
    • Palladius: яогу (jaogu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 腰骨 腰鼓

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu¹ gwat¹
    • Yale: yīu gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu¹ gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu¹ gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯⁵⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yêu-kut
    • Hakka Romanization System: ieu´ gud`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yeu<sup>1</sup> gud<sup>5</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯eu̯²⁴ kut̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yêu-kut
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ieu´ gud`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yeu¹ gud⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯eu̯²⁴ kut̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io-kut
    • Tâi-lô: io-kut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioi'kud
    • IPA (Xiamen): /io⁴⁴⁻²² kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /io³³ kut̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /io⁴⁴⁻²² kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /io⁴⁴⁻³³ kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ kut̚³²/

Noun

腰骨

1. lumbar vertebrae (bones of the lower back)
2. (Cantonese, figurative) backbone; good character

Synonyms

• (lumbar vertebrae):

• 腰椎 (yāozhuī)
• 腰脊骨 (Taiwanese Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 冇腰骨

 

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
腰	骨
こし Grade: S	ほね > ぼね Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Compound of 腰 (koshi, “lower back”) +‎ 骨 (hone, “bone”). The hone changes to bone as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

腰(こし)骨(ぼね) • (koshibone) 

1. (anatomy) lumbar vertebrae (bones of the lower back)