貓腰

See also: 猫腰

Chinese

		cat	waist; lower back; pocket waist; lower back; pocket; middle
trad. (貓腰)		貓	腰
simp. (猫腰)		猫	腰
alternative forms		毛腰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máoyāo, māoyāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄧㄠ, ㄇㄠ ㄧㄠ

• Jin (Wiktionary): mau¹ iau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máoyāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máoyao
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-yao¹
    • Yale: máu-yāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mauiau
    • Palladius: маояо (maojao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máoyāor
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄧㄠㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máoyaor
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-yao¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: máu-yāur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mauiaul
    • Palladius: маояор (maojaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ jaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: māoyāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠ ㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: maoyao
    • Wade–Giles: mao¹-yao¹
    • Yale: māu-yāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mhauiau
    • Palladius: маояо (maojao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: mau¹ iau¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /mau¹¹ iau¹¹/

Verb

貓腰

1. (Mandarin, colloquial) to bend over; to stoop

Synonyms

• 哈腰 (hāyāo) (colloquial)
• 彎腰／弯腰 (wānyāo)
• 揞腰 (Hokkien)