腰筋

Chinese

		waist; lower back; pocket waist; lower back; pocket; middle	muscle
trad. (腰筋)		腰	筋
simp. ^#(腰筋)		腰	筋

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yāojīn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠㄐㄧㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yāojīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠㄐㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yaojin
  - Wade–Giles: yao¹-chin¹
  - Yale: yāu-jīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iaujin
  - Palladius: яоцзинь (jaoczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/

Noun

腰筋

(anatomy) abdominal muscles

Synonyms

腹筋 (fùjīn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
腰	筋
よう Grade: S	きん Grade: 6
kan'on

Etymology

腰 (“loins”) +‎ 筋 (“muscle”), calque of New Latin mūsculus psoas

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よーきん [yòókíń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [jo̞ːkʲĩɴ]

Noun

腰(よう)筋(きん) • (yōkin) ^{←えうきん (eukin)^?}

a psoas muscle
Hyponyms: 小腰筋 (shōyōkin), 大腰筋 (daiyōkin)

Coordinate term: 腸腰筋 (chōyōkin)