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Chinese
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waist; lower back; pocket waist; lower back; pocket; middle |
bone
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| trad. (腰骨)
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腰
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骨
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| simp. #(腰骨)
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腰
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骨
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Pronunciation
Noun
腰骨
- lumbar vertebrae (bones of the lower back)
- (Cantonese, figurative) backbone; good character
Synonyms
- 腰椎 (yāozhuī)
- 腰脊骨 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology
Compound of 腰 (koshi, “lower back”) + 骨 (hone, “bone”). The hone changes to bone as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Noun
腰骨 • (koshibone)
- (anatomy) lumbar vertebrae (bones of the lower back)