# 腰子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yāozi
       (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ ˙ㄗ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yao$^1$ zi$^3$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu$^1$ zi$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ieu$^1$ zi
* Jin (Wiktionary): iau$^1$ zeh
* Eastern Min (BUC): iĕu-chī
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): io-chí
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$iau-tsy
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): iau$^1$ zr
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): iau$^1$ zr
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yāozi
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yaozi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: yao$^1$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: yāu-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iau.tzy
*** Palladius: яоцзы (jaoczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: yao$^1$ zi$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iaoz
*** Sinological IPA : /iau⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jiu$^1$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: yīu jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jiu$^1$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yiu$^1$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːu̯⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ieu$^1$ zi
*** Sinological IPA : /iɛu⁴² t͡sz̩²/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: iau$^1$ zeh
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /iau¹¹ t͡səʔ²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: iĕu-chī
*** Sinological IPA : /ieu⁵⁵⁻⁵³ $^{(t͡sʰ-)}$ʒi³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io-chí
*** Tâi-lô: io-tsí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ioicie
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /io³³ t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /io⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁴²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /io⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /io⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁵³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$iau-tsy
*** MiniDict: iau$^平$ tsy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$iau-tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɔ⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: iau$^1$ zr
*** Sinological IPA : /i̯ɒu̯³³ t͡sz̩³/
** (Hengyang)
*** Wiktionary: iau$^1$ zr
*** Sinological IPA : /i̯ɑʊ̯⁴⁴⁵ t͡sz̩³/

### Noun

腰子
* (colloquial) kidney (especially of an animal, used as food)
* (colloquial, figurative) guts; courage
* (regional) waist; lower back; small of the back

#### Synonyms

* (kidney):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 腎, 腎水, 水藏 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 腎, 腎臟 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 腰子, 腎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 腎, 腰子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 腎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 腎 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 腰子, 腎 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 腰子, 腎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 腎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 腎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 腎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 腰子, 腎 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 腰子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 腰子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 腰子, 腎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 腎臟, 腎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 腰子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 腰子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 腰子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 腰子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 腎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 腎 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 腎 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 腰子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 腰子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 腎 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 腰子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 腰仔, 腎家 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 腰仔, 腎家 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 腰仔, 腎家 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 腰, 腎家 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 腰仔, 腎家 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 腰子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 腰子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 腰子, 腎 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 腰子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 腰仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 腰子, 腰心子, 腎 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 腰子 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 腰子 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 腰子 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 腰子 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 腰子 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 腰子 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 腰子 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 腰子 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 腰子 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 腰子 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 腰子 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 腰子 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 腰子 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 腰子 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 腰子 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 腰子 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 腎 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 腎 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 腎 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 腎 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 腰子, 腎臟 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 腰子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 腰子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 腰子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 腰子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 腎, 腰子 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 腰子 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 腰 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 腰子 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 腰子 |
* (guts):
* 勇氣／勇气 (yǒngqì)
* 種／种 (colloquial)
* 膽／胆 (dǎn) (figurative)
* 膽子／胆子 (dǎnzi)
* 膽量／胆量 (dǎnliàng)
* 膽頭／胆头 (Hokkien)
* (waist): 腰 (yāo)

#### Derived terms

* 割腰子 (gē yāozi)

#### Descendants

* → Zhuang: iucij