腰包 yāo bāo waist purse (old) / (fig.) purse / pocket / waist pack / fanny pack / bum bag syn 腰鼓 yāo gǔ waist drum / waist-drum dance (Han ethnic group folk dance) 腰 yāo the waist and lower back / (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) / the waist of trousers or a skirt / (metonym) money pouch / pocket / (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc) syn 袒膊 tǎn bó to strip to the waist / to be bare to the waist 小不点 小不點 xiǎo bu diǎn tiny / very small / tiny thing / small child / baby 涓滴 juān dī tiny stream / trickle / drops / tiny trickle of funds syn 涓埃 juān āi tiny stream of dust / tiny things / negligible syn 游泳圈 yóu yǒng quān swim ring / swim tube / (fig.) (coll.) spare tire (roll of fat around the waist) 一丢丢 一丟丟 yī diū diū (coll.) a tiny bit 雷 léi thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) syn 罩 zhào to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn 没法儿 沒法兒 méi fǎ r (coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ... / it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful) syn 腰间 腰間 yāo jiān waist 腰部 yāo bù waist / small of the back syn 佩带 佩帶 pèi dài to wear (as accessories) / carry at the waist syn 三围 三圍 sān wéi BWH, abbr. for a woman's three measurements, namely: bust 胸圍|胸围[xiong1 wei2], waist 腰圍|腰围[yao1 wei2] and hip 臀圍|臀围[tun2 wei2] 腰围 腰圍 yāo wéi waist measurement / girth 拦腰 攔腰 lán yāo (hitting) squarely in the middle / (slicing) across the middle / to hold by the waist syn 腰肢 yāo zhī waist syn 腰际 腰際 yāo jì waist / hips 细腰 細腰 xì yāo slender waist / fig. pretty woman / mortise and tenon joint on a coffin 折腰 zhé yāo to bend at the waist / to bow / (fig.) to bow to / to submit syn 扭腰 niǔ yāo to sway one's hips / to twist one's waist 腰斩 腰斬 yāo zhǎn to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment) / to cut sth in half / to reduce sth by a dramatic margin / to terminate / to cut short 腰板 yāo bǎn waist and back / physique syn 赤膊 chì bó bare to the waist syn 水蛇腰 shuǐ shé yāo slender and supple waist / lithe body / feminine pose syn 腰杆子 腰桿子 yāo gǎn zi waist / small of the back / (fig.) backing syn 绖 絰 dié hempen band worn on the head or waist by a mourner 腰金衣紫 yāo jīn yī zǐ golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom) / in official position 虎背熊腰 hǔ bèi xióng yāo back of a tiger and waist of a bear / tough and stocky build syn 腰臀比 yāo tún bǐ waist-hip 屈体 屈體 qū tǐ to bend at the waist / (fig.) to bow to / (diving) pike position 弓腰 gōng yāo to bow / to bend at the waist 弓身 gōng shēn to bend the body at the waist / to bow 熊腰虎背 xióng yāo hǔ bèi waist of a bear and back of a tiger / tough and stocky build 羯鼓 jié gǔ double-ended skin drum with a narrow waist 脇 xié variant of 脅|胁 / side of the human body, from the armpit to the waist / coerce / force 袒缚 袒縛 tǎn fù to surrender after baring oneself to the waist and tying one's hands behind 腰部系带 腰部系帶 waist belt / pelvic band 番刀 fān dāo type of machete used by Taiwan aborigines, worn at the waist in an open-sided scabbard 腰胯 yāo kuà hips / waist 裤腰 褲腰 kù yāo waist of trousers / waistband syn 拔根汗毛比腰粗 bá gēn hàn máo bǐ yāo cū lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom) / fig. A is far richer (or more powerful) than B / (used in a pattern such as A拔根汗毛比B的腰粗[A ba2 gen1 han4 mao2 bi3 B de5 yao1 cu1]) 腰身 yāo shēn waist / waistline syn 微型 wēi xíng miniature / micro- / tiny syn 凝聚 níng jù to condense / to coagulate / coacervation (i.e. form tiny droplets) / aggregation / coherent syn 细微 細微 xì wēi tiny / minute / fine / subtle / sensitive (instruments) syn 细小 細小 xì xiǎo tiny / fine / minute syn 渺小 miǎo xiǎo minute / tiny / negligible / insignificant syn 蛛丝马迹 蛛絲馬跡 zhū sī mǎ jì lit. spider's thread and horse track / tiny hints (of a secret) / traces / clue syn 微乎其微 wēi hū qí wēi a tiny bit / very little / next to nothing (idiom) syn 寥寥无几 寥寥無幾 liáo liáo wú jǐ just a very few (idiom) / tiny number / not many at all / You count them on your fingers. syn 一丝一毫 一絲一毫 yī sī yī háo one thread, one hair (idiom) / a tiny bit / an iota syn 涓涓 juān juān a trickle / tiny stream / sluggish / to flow sluggishly syn 么 幺 yāo youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout syn 小 xiǎo small / tiny / few / young syn 蝼蚁 螻蟻 lóu yǐ lit. mole cricket and ants / fig. tiny individuals with no power 蜗居 蝸居 wō jū humble abode / to live (in a tiny, cramped space) syn 微末 wēi mò tiny / negligible syn 纹丝 紋絲 wén sī tiny bit / a jot / whisker 见微知著 見微知著 jiàn wēi zhī zhù one tiny clue reveals the general trend (idiom) / small beginnings show how things will develop syn 微 wēi tiny / miniature / slightly / profound / abtruse / to decline / one millionth part of / micro- / Taiwan pr. [wei2] syn 丝 絲 sī silk / thread-like thing / (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc syn 麽 麼 mó tiny / insignificant 渺 miǎo (of an expanse of water) vast / distant and indistinct / tiny or insignificant syn 圭 guī jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies / sundial / (ancient unit of volume) a tiny amount / a smidgen / a speck syn 幺 么 yāo youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout syn 眇 miǎo blind in one eye / blind / tiny / humble / to stare syn 只欠东风 只欠東風 zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng all we need is an east wind (idiom) / lacking only one tiny crucial item 寥寥可数 寥寥可數 liáo liáo kě shǔ just a very few (idiom) / tiny number / just a handful / not many at all / You count them on your fingers. syn 涓埃之力 juān āi zhī lì negligible force (idiom) / tiny force 细微末节 細微末節 xì wēi mò jié tiny insignificant details / niceties 视微知著 視微知着 shì wēi zhī zhuó one tiny clue reveals the general trend (idiom) / small beginnings show how things will develop 识微见几 識微見幾 shí wēi jiàn jǐ lit. see a tiny bit and understand everything (idiom) 一分一毫 yī fēn yī háo a tiny bit (idiom) / an iota 丁点 丁點 dīng diǎn tiny bit 系小 係小 xì xiǎo tiny 一丁点 一丁點 yī dīng diǎn a tiny bit 失之毫厘，谬以千里 失之毫厘，謬以千里 shī zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses 失之毫厘，差之千里 失之毫釐，差之千里 shī zhī háo lí , chà zhī qiān lǐ a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses 失之毫厘，差以千里 失之毫釐，差以千里 shī zhī háo lí , chà yǐ qiān lǐ a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses 孑孑 jié jié outstanding / conspicuous / prominent / tiny 察微知著 chá wēi zhī zhù to examine tiny clues to know general trends (idiom) / to deduce the whole story from small traces 几微 幾微 jī wēi tiny / infinitesimal 戋戋 戔戔 jiān jiān small / tiny 积于忽微 積於忽微 jī yú hū wēi to accumulate tiny quantities (idiom) 细听 細聽 xì tīng to listen carefully (for tiny sounds) 万事俱备，只欠东风 萬事俱備，只欠東風 wàn shì jù bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng lit. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom) / fig. lacking only one tiny crucial item 雷声大，雨点小 雷聲大，雨點小 léi shēng dà , yǔ diǎn xiǎo lit. loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom) / fig. a lot of talk, but no action 万事皆备，只欠东风 萬事皆備，只欠東風 wàn shì jiē bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom) / lacking only one tiny crucial item / also written 萬事俱備，只欠東風|万事俱备，只欠东风 视微知着 視微知著 shì wēi zhī zhuó one tiny clue reveals the general trend (idiom) / small beginnings show how things will develop 斗室 dǒu shì very small room / tiny, cramped space syn 蚊子再小也是肉 wén zi zài xiǎo yě shì ròu lit. even a mosquito, though tiny, provides some nourishment (idiom) / fig. it's better than nothing 弹丸之地 彈丸之地 dàn wán zhī dì (idiom) tiny speck of land / small area syn 见微知著 見微知著 jiàn wēi - zhī zhù (idiom) to examine tiny clues to know general trends / to deduce the whole story from small traces syn 㓥房 劏房 tāng fáng (HK) subdivided flat (apartment) / partitioned apartment / tiny residential unit created by dividing a larger flat 一块 一塊 yī kuài a piece / a chunk / (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect / area / dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2gan3 zhe4 yi1kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)") / (coll.) one yuan / a dollar / together / in the same place / in company syn 礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service / (coll.) week / (coll.) Sunday syn 