肚子 dù zi belly / abdomen / stomach / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 腹部 fù bù abdomen / belly / flank syn 欢笑 歡笑 huān xiào to laugh happily / a belly-laugh syn 肚皮 dù pí belly syn 大笑 dà xiào to laugh heartily / a belly laugh syn 死对头 死對頭 sǐ duì tou arch-enemy / sworn enemy syn 死敌 死敵 sǐ dí mortal enemy / arch-enemy syn 坛子 罈子 tán zi jug (earthenware with a big belly and a small opening) syn 肚脐眼 肚臍眼 dù qí yǎn navel / belly button syn 拱形 gǒng xíng arch syn 五花肉 wǔ huā ròu pork belly / streaky pork 牌坊 pái fāng memorial arch 花枪 花槍 huā qiāng short spear (arch.) / fig. trickery syn 凯旋门 凱旋門 kǎi xuán mén triumphal arch 捧腹 pěng fù to split one's sides laughing / to roar with laughter / (lit.) to hold one's belly with both hands syn 拱桥 拱橋 gǒng qiáo arch bridge 暖色 nuǎn sè warm color (arch.) / esp. yellow, orange or red 脚心 腳心 jiǎo xīn arch of the foot 鱼肚白 魚肚白 yú dù bái fish-belly white (used to describe the dingy light of the dawn sky) 良人 liáng rén husband (arch.) syn 星宿 xīng xiù constellation (arch., now 星座) / one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy and astrology / motion of stars since one's birth (predetermining one's fate in astrology) syn 娃子 wá zi baby / small child / (arch.) slave among ethnic minorities syn 肚皮舞 dù pí wǔ belly dance 牛腩 niú nǎn brisket (esp. Cantonese) / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / erroneously translated as sirloin 肚腩 dù nǎn belly 赵州桥 趙州橋 zhào zhōu qiáo Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河[Xiao2 He2] in Zhao county 趙縣|赵县[Zhao4 Xian4], Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代[Sui2 dai4] (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge 搜肠刮肚 搜腸刮肚 sōu cháng guā dù to search one's guts and belly (idiom) / to racks one's brains for a solution syn 弓背 gōng bèi to hunch over / to stoop / to arch one's back (upward) 郎 láng (arch.) minister / official / noun prefix denoting function or status / a youth syn 吊 弔 diào a string of 100 cash (arch.) / to lament / to condole with / variant of 吊[diao4] syn 肚 dù belly syn 腹 fù abdomen / stomach / belly syn 弓 gōng a bow (weapon) / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to bend / to arch (one's back etc) syn 拱 gǒng to cup one's hands in salute / to surround / to arch / to dig earth with the snout / arched syn 褶 xí (arch.) court dress syn 脐 臍 qí (bound form) the navel / the umbilicus / (bound form) the belly flap of a crab / apron syn 盎 àng (literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth / (literary) brimming / abundant 蛊 蠱 gǔ arch. legendary venomous insect / to poison / to bewitch / to drive to insanity / to harm by witchcraft / intestinal parasite 捧腹大笑 pěng fù dà xiào uproarious / hilarious / to split one's sides laughing / lit. to hold one's belly with both hands syn 荧 熒 yíng a glimmer / glimmering / twinkling / fluorescence / phosphorescence / perplexed / dazzled and confused / planet Mars (arch.) 荐 薦 jiàn to recommend / to offer sacrifice (arch.) / grass / straw mat syn 口蜜腹剑 口蜜腹劍 kǒu mì fù jiàn lit. honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom) / fig. hypocritical and murderous syn 衅 釁 xìn quarrel / dispute / a blood sacrifice (arch.) syn 聿 yù (arch. introductory particle) / then / and then syn 腴 yú fat on belly / fertile / rich syn 胪 臚 lú belly / skin / to state / to pass on information / to display 腩 nǎn brisket / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / see 牛腩[niu2 nan3] esp. Cantonese / erroneously translated as sirloin 冤家对头 冤家對頭 yuān jiā duì tóu enemy (idiom) / opponent / arch-enemy syn 满腹牢骚 滿腹牢騷 mǎn fù láo sāo lit. belly full of complaints (idiom) / discontent / always moaning and complaining syn 铏 鉶 xíng soup cauldron / (arch.) sacrificial tripod with two handles and a lid / old variant of 硎[xing2] 臑 nào biceps (in Chinese medicine) / (arch.) forelimbs of livestock animal 蓠 蘺 lí red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori / arch. used for vanilla-like herb 祃 禡 mà (arch.) religious ritual on setting out for war 蚈 qiān (arch.) firefly 小肚鸡肠 小肚雞腸 xiǎo dù jī cháng lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom) / narrow-minded / petty syn 眼馋肚饱 眼饞肚飽 yǎn chán dù bǎo to have eyes bigger than one's belly (idiom) 元恶大憝 元惡大憝 yuán è dà duì arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom) 礐 què (arch.) large stone / boulder / hard 舋 xìn variant of 釁|衅 / quarrel / dispute / a blood sacrifice (arch.) 礐 hú (arch.) precious stone 班纪德 班紀德 bān jì dé pancetta (Italian belly) / salted spiced dried pork belly 假拱 jiǎ gǒng blind arch / false arch 鳃弓 鰓弓 sāi gōng visceral arch (gill-bearing arch or its vestigial crease on sides of neck of vertebrates) 肚腹 dù fù belly (old) 蚹 fù scales on the belly of a snake, aiding locomotion / snail / to crawl 将军肚子 將軍肚子 jiāng jūn dù zi beer belly (complimentary) 騵 yuán chestnut horse with white belly 囊揣 nāng chuài soft, fat meat of pig's belly / sow's sagging teats / weakling / flabby person / also written 囊膪 囊膪 nāng chuài soft, fat meat of pig's belly / sow's sagging teats / weakling / flabby person / also written 囊揣 平伏 píng fú to pacify / to calm / calm / quiet / to lie on one's belly 膔 lù sound of belly rumbling / borborygmus 脐屎 臍屎 qí shǐ newborn baby's excrement (meconium) / belly button discharge (infection) 鱼腩 魚腩 yú nǎn soft, tender belly part of a fish (considered a delicacy) / (fig.) (sports) weak team / pushover / minnow 胎死腹中 tāi sǐ fù zhōng fetus dies in the belly / (fig.) plans or projects failed before being carried out 腹部爆破 fù bù bào pò belly blast 焢肉 kòng ròu (Tw) slow-braised pork belly 爌肉 kòng ròu slow-braised pork belly (Tw) 饱餐战饭 飽餐戰飯 bǎo cān zhàn fàn to fill one's belly before the battle (idiom) 啤酒肚 pí jiǔ dù beer belly 腹带 腹帶 fù dài belly band 书腰 書腰 shū yāo (Tw) (publishing) belly band (paper sash around a book, outside the dust jacket) 𫘪 騵 yuán chestnut horse with white belly 鲔鱼肚 鮪魚肚 wěi yú dù (cuisine) tuna belly / (Tw) (fig.) (coll.) potbelly / paunch 收腹 shōu fù to draw in one's belly / to tighten the abdominal muscles 马甲线 馬甲線 mǎ jiǎ xiàn (neologism c. 2013) (coll.) vertical groove visible on either side of the belly in a person with well-toned abs 鉶 xíng soup cauldron / (arch.) sacrificial tripod with two handles and a lid / variant of 硎, whetstone 弮 quān crossbow (arch.) 元恶 元惡 yuán è arch-criminal / master criminal 十七孔桥 十七孔橋 shí qī kǒng qiáo Seventeen-Arch Bridge in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园[Yi2 he2 yuan2], Beijing 半拱 bàn gǒng semiarch / half arch 吴越 吳越 wú yuè states of south China in different historical periods / proverbially perpetual arch-enemies 孛星 bèi xīng comet (arch.) 帹 shà kerchief covering head (arch.) 帹暆 shà yí kerchief covering head (arch.) 拱坝 拱壩 gǒng bà an arch dam syn 拱状 拱狀 gǒng zhuàng arch / vault / arched 探马 探馬 tàn mǎ mounted scout (arch.) 方釳 fāng xì (arch.) metal horn attached as shield to horse or to the axle of a chariot 书牍 書牘 shū dú letter / wooden writing strips (arch.) / general term for letters and documents 