腰包

Chinese

		waist; lower back; pocket waist; lower back; pocket; middle	to cover; to wrap; to hold to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for)
trad. (腰包)		腰	包
simp. #(腰包)		腰	包

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāobāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ ㄅㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu¹ baau¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹iau-pau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāobāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ ㄅㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yaobao
    • Wade–Giles: yao¹-pao¹
    • Yale: yāu-bāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iaubau
    • Palladius: яобао (jaobao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu¹ baau¹
    • Yale: yīu bāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu¹ baau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu¹ bao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯⁵⁵ paːu̯⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹iau-pau
    • MiniDict: iau^平 pau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹iau-pau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɔ⁵⁵ pɔ²¹/

Noun

腰包

1. (literal) small bag; pouch; wallet (Classifier: 個／个 c)
2. (figurative) how much money one has; one's budget or income

Synonyms

• (wallet):

• 皮夾／皮夹 (píjiā) (especially one made of leather)
• 皮夾子／皮夹子 (píjiāzi) (especially one made of leather)
• 荷包 (hébāo)
• 錢包／钱包 (qiánbāo)
• 錢袋／钱袋 (qiándài)

 

Derived terms

• 掏腰包 (tāo yāobāo)
• 自掏腰包 (zì tāo yāobāo)