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): ㄧㄠㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu¹ gwat¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yêu-kut

(Hailu, HRS): rhau^ˋ gud
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): io-kut

(Teochew, Peng'im): iê¹ gug⁴ / io¹ gug⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yāogǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠㄍㄨˇ
  - 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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    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^ˊ gud^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yeu¹ gud⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯eu̯²⁴ kut̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yêu-kut
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ieu^ˊ gud^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yeu¹ gud⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯eu̯²⁴ kut̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhau^ˋ gud
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒau⁵³ kut⁵/
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/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iê¹ gug⁴ / io¹ gug⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ie kuk / io kuk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ie³³⁻²³ kuk̚²/, /io³³⁻²³ kuk̚²/

Noun

腰骨

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

Synonyms

(lumbar vertebrae):

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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)

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