slim feminine waist; willow waist (from the name of a Tang dynasty woman Xiao Man, famed for her slender waist)
trad. 小蠻腰
Also written 小蠻腰【xiǎo mán yāo】
Characters in this word
3小
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
small, tiny, few, young
- Pinyin
- xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 245 of 2500
蛮
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
barbarian, bullying, very, quite, rough, reckless
- Pinyin
- mán
- Traditional
- 蠻
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 4134 of 2500
腰
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
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)
- Pinyin
- yāo
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 7928 of 2500