下腰 meaning in English

xiàyāo

(gymnastics) to do a bridge; to do a crab

16 strokes

Meaning of 下腰

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiàyāo
  1. (gymnastics) to do a bridge
  2. to do a crab

下腰 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ弯wān下xià腰yāo,捧pěng起qǐ了le一yī把bǎ沙shā子zi。
Tom bent down and picked up a handful of sand.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

下 xià · down · 3 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3

腰 yāo · the waist and lower back · 13 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
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  13. 13

Related words

Words that share a character with 下腰.

坐下zuò xiato sit down
下次xià cìnext time
下午xiàwǔafternoon; p.m.
下车xià chēto get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
楼下lóu xiàdownstairs
下班xiàbānto finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc)
下雨xià yǔto rain
下课xiàkèto finish class; to get out of class
下边xiàbianunder; the underside
一下儿yīxiàrerhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4]
留下liúxiato leave behind; to stay behind
放下fàngxiato lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside

Questions about 下腰

What does 下腰 mean?

下腰 (xiàyāo) means "(gymnastics) to do a bridge; to do a crab".

How do you write 下腰?

下腰 is made of 2 characters: 下 (3 strokes), 腰 (13 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.