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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēngyāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥㄧㄠ
  - 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

petiole of a bee or wasp
(figurative) slim waist
(figurative) narrow passageway

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蜂腰):

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

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