蜂腰

Chinese

		bee; wasp	waist; lower back; pocket waist; lower back; pocket; middle
trad. (蜂腰)		蜂	腰
simp. #(蜂腰)		蜂	腰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngyāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄧㄠ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phang-io

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngyāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongyao
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-yao¹
    • Yale: fēng-yāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengiau
    • Palladius: фэнъяо (fɛnʺjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phang-io
    • Tâi-lô: phang-io
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phang'ioy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ io⁴⁴/

Noun

蜂腰

1. petiole of a bee or wasp
2. (figurative) slim waist
3. (figurative) narrow passageway

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蜂腰):

• → Japanese: 蜂腰(ほうよう) (hōyō)
• → Korean: 봉요(蜂腰) (bong'yo)