哈腰

Chinese

		onomatopoeic representation of laughter	waist; lower back; pocket waist; lower back; pocket; middle
trad. (哈腰)		哈	腰
simp. #(哈腰)		哈	腰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hāyāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄚ ㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa¹ jiu¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): ha¹ iau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hāyāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄚ ㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hayao
    • Wade–Giles: ha¹-yao¹
    • Yale: hā-yāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haiau
    • Palladius: хаяо (xajao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xä⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa¹ jiu¹
    • Yale: hā yīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa¹ jiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha¹ yiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː⁵⁵ jiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ha¹ iau¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xa¹¹ iau¹¹/

Verb

哈腰

1. (colloquial) to stoop; to bend over; to bow slightly

Synonyms

• 彎腰／弯腰 (wānyāo)
• 揞腰 (Hokkien)
• 貓腰／猫腰 (Mandarin, colloquial)

 

Derived terms

• 點頭哈腰／点头哈腰 (diǎntóuhāyāo)