腰子

Chinese

		waist; lower back; pocket waist; lower back; pocket; middle	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (腰子)		腰	子
simp. ^#(腰子)		腰	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yāozi

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ ˙ㄗ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yao¹ zi³
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu¹ zi²
Gan (Wiktionary): ieu¹ zi
Jin (Wiktionary): iau¹ zeh
Eastern Min (BUC): iĕu-chī
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): io-chí
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹iau-tsy
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): iau¹ zr

(Hengyang, Wiktionary): iau¹ zr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yāozi
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yaozi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: yao¹-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: yāu-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iau.tzy
  - Palladius: яоцзы (jaoczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: yao¹ zi³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iaoz
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iau⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu¹ zi²
  - Yale: yīu jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu¹ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu¹ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ieu¹ zi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛu⁴² t͡sz̩²/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: iau¹ zeh
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /iau¹¹ t͡səʔ²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: iĕu-chī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieu⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒi³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io-chí
  - Tâi-lô: io-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioicie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /io³³ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /io⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁴²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /io⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /io⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹iau-tsy
  - MiniDict: iau^平 tsy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹iau-tsr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɔ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: iau¹ zr
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i̯ɒu̯³³ t͡sz̩³/
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: iau¹ zr
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯⁴⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

腰子

(colloquial) kidney (especially of an animal, used as food)
(colloquial, figurative) guts; courage
(regional) waist; lower back; small of the back

Synonyms

(kidney):

Dialectal synonyms of 腎 (“kidney”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		腎, 腎水, 水藏
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		腎, 腎臟
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	腰子, 腎
	Taiwan	腎, 腰子
	Harbin	腎
	Singapore	腎
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	腰子, 腎
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	腰子, 腎
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	腎
	Xi'an	腎
	Xining	腎
	Xuzhou	腰子, 腎
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	腰子
	Lanzhou	腰子
	Ürümqi	腰子, 腎
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	腎臟, 腎
	Wuhan	腰子
	Guiyang	腰子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	腰子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	腰子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	腎
	Hong Kong	腎
	Dongguan	腎
Gan	Lichuan	腰子
Gan	Pingxiang	腰子
Hakka	Meixian	腎
	Yudu	腰子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	腰仔, 腎家
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	腰仔, 腎家
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	腰仔, 腎家
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	腰, 腎家
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	腰仔, 腎家
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	腰子
Huizhou	Jixi	腰子
Jin	Taiyuan	腰子, 腎
Jin	Xinzhou	腰子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	腰仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	腰子, 腰心子, 腎
Southern Min	Xiamen	腰子
	Quanzhou	腰子
	Zhangzhou	腰子
	Taipei	腰子
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	腰子
	Kaohsiung	腰子
	Yilan	腰子
	Changhua (Lukang)	腰子
	Taichung	腰子
	Tainan	腰子
	Hsinchu	腰子
	Kinmen	腰子
	Penghu (Magong)	腰子
	Penang (Hokkien)	腰子
	Singapore (Hokkien)	腰子
	Manila (Hokkien)	腰子
	Jieyang	腎
	Bangkok (Teochew)	腎
	Haikou	腎
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	腎
Wu	Shanghai	腰子, 腎臟
	Shanghai (Chongming)	腰子
	Suzhou	腰子
	Danyang	腰子
	Hangzhou	腰子
	Ningbo	腎, 腰子
	Jinhua	腰子
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	腰
Xiang	Loudi	腰子
Xiang	Hengyang	腰子

(guts):

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勇氣 / 勇气 (yǒngqì)
種 / 种 (colloquial)
膽 / 胆 (dǎn) (figurative)
膽子 / 胆子 (dǎnzi)
膽量 / 胆量 (dǎnliàng)
膽頭 / 胆头 (Hokkien)

(waist): 腰 (yāo)

Derived terms

割腰子 (gē yāozi)

Descendants

→ Zhuang: iucij