拗腰

Chinese

		stubborn; contrary; bend stubborn; contrary; bend; break in two	waist; lower back; pocket waist; lower back; pocket; middle
trad. (拗腰)		拗	腰
simp. #(拗腰)		拗	腰

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaau² jiu¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaau² jiu¹
    • Yale: ngáau yīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaau² jiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngao² yiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːu̯³⁵ jiːu̯⁵⁵/

Verb

拗腰

1. (Cantonese) to bend backwards