带 帶 dài band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL:條|条[tiao2] / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise syn 带子 帶子 dài zi belt / band / ribbon / strap / girdle / (coll.) audio or video tape / Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri) / comb pen shell (Atrina pectinata) syn 安全带 安全帶 ān quán dài seat belt / safety belt syn 皮带 皮帶 pí dài strap / leather belt / CL:條|条[tiao2],根[gen1] syn 腰带 腰帶 yāo dài belt / CL:條|条[tiao2],根[gen1] syn 腰部 yāo bù waist / small of the back syn 绶带 綬帶 shòu dài ribbon (as a decoration) / cordon (diagonal belt worn as a sign of office or honor) syn 腰包 yāo bāo waist purse (old) / (fig.) purse / pocket / waist pack / fanny pack / bum bag syn 传送带 傳送帶 chuán sòng dài conveyor belt / transmission belt 三星 sān xīng three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation / the belt of Orion / three spirits 福[fu2], 祿|禄[lu4], and 壽|寿[shou4] associated with the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation 佩带 佩帶 pèi dài to wear (as accessories) / carry at the waist syn 腰围 腰圍 yāo wéi waist measurement / girth 腰缠万贯 腰纏萬貫 yāo chán wàn guàn lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom) / carrying lots of money / extremely wealthy / loaded syn 裤带 褲帶 kù dài belt (in trousers) / CL:根[gen1] 救生圈 jiù shēng quān life buoy / life belt / (jocular) flab / spare tire 赤膊 chì bó bare to the waist syn 腰板 yāo bǎn waist and back / physique syn 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 输送带 輸送帶 shū sòng dài conveyor belt 履带 履帶 lǚ dài caterpillar track (propulsion system used on bulldozers etc) / (literary) shoes and belt syn 传动带 傳動帶 chuán dòng dài transmission belt syn 腰间 腰間 yāo jiān waist 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 肩带 肩帶 jiān dài shoulder strap / shoulder harness / shoulder belt / baldric / CL:條|条[tiao2] 衣带 衣帶 yī dài belt / sash / attire (clothes and belt) 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 束带 束帶 shù dài band / belt / loincloth / cummerbund 贞操带 貞操帶 zhēn cāo dài chastity belt 腰鼓 yāo gǔ waist drum / waist-drum dance (Han ethnic group folk dance) 皮带扣 皮帶釦 pí dài kòu belt buckle 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 衿 jīn collar / belt / variant of 襟[jin1] 水蛇腰 shuǐ shé yāo slender and supple waist / lithe body / feminine pose syn 小行星带 小行星帶 xiǎo xíng xīng dài asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter 腰杆子 腰桿子 yāo gǎn zi waist / small of the back / (fig.) backing syn 裢 褳 lián pouch hung from belt 琚 jū ornamental gems for belt 绖 絰 dié hempen band worn on the head or waist by a mourner 谷神星 穀神星 gǔ shén xīng Ceres, dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, discovered in 1801 by G. Piazzi 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 布衣韦带 布衣韋帶 bù yī wéi dài in hemp cloth and with a leather belt / poorly dressed 袒膊 tǎn bó to strip to the waist / to be bare to the waist 浮冰带 浮冰帶 fú bīng dài ice belt / belt 生命带 生命帶 shēng mìng dài (neologism) (used in road safety campaigns) "life-saving belt", i.e. seat belt / (astrobiology) circumstellar habitable zone 三角带 三角帶 sān jiǎo dài V-belt (a type of drive belt with a trapezoidal cross-section) 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 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 蚂蚁腰 螞蟻腰 mǎ yǐ yāo (coll.) tiny waist 裤腰 褲腰 kù yāo waist of trousers / waistband syn 游泳圈 yóu yǒng quān swim ring / swim tube / (fig.) (coll.) spare tire (roll of fat around the waist) 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 珶 dì white jade worn on belt 鞶 pán large belt 佩环 佩環 pèi huán ring-like jade belt pendant 勒紧裤带 勒緊褲帶 lēi jǐn kù dài to tighten one's belt / to live more frugally 回转寿司 回轉壽司 huí zhuǎn shòu sī conveyor belt sushi (restaurant) 地震区 地震區 dì zhèn qū seismic zone / earthquake belt 地震带 地震帶 dì zhèn dài seismic zone / earthquake belt 地震活动带 地震活動帶 dì zhèn huó dòng dài seismic zone / earthquake belt 库珀带 庫珀帶 kù pò dài the Kuiper belt (in the outer reaches of the Solar system) 旋转行李传送带 旋轉行李傳送帶 xuán zhuǎn xíng li chuán sòng dài luggage conveyor belt / carousel 沉积带 沉積帶 chén jī dài sedimentary belt (geology) 火山带 火山帶 huǒ shān dài volcanic belt 火环 火環 huǒ huán Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt) 灶神星 zào shén xīng Vesta, an asteroid, second most massive object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, discovered in 1807 by H.W. Olbers 环太平洋地震带 環太平洋地震帶 huán tài píng yáng dì zhèn dài Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt) 环太平洋火山带 環太平洋火山帶 huán tài píng yáng huǒ shān dài Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt) 皮带传动 皮帶傳動 pí dài chuán dòng a leather drive belt 皮带运输机 皮帶運輸機 pí dài yùn shū jī belt conveyor 蛇绿混杂岩带 蛇綠混雜岩帶 shé lǜ hùn zá yán dài ophiolite belt (geology) 行李传送带 行李傳送帶 xíng li chuán sòng dài luggage conveyor belt / baggage carousel 造山带 造山帶 zào shān dài orogenic belt (geology) 铅带 鉛帶 qiān dài weight belt 绿带 綠帶 ludai green belt 炸药背心 explosive vest / suicide jacket / explosive belt 炸药带 explosive vest / suicide jacket / explosive belt 手枪腰带 shǒu qiāng yāo dài pistol belt 河曲带 meander belt 海洋深层大循环 海洋深層大循環 hǎi yáng shēn céng dài xún huán ocean conveyor belt 带式撇油器 帶式撇油器 belt skimmer 绿化带运动 綠化帶運動 lǜ huà dài yùn dòng Green Belt Movement 欧洲绿带 歐洲綠帶 ōu zhōu lǜ dài European Green Belt 北非跨国绿化带项目 北非跨國綠化帶項目 běi fēi kuà guó lǜ huà dài xiàng mù Transnational Green Belt Project for North Africa 炸弹腰带 炸彈腰帶 suicide belt / suicide vest 