| 1 | 腰 | 腰 | yāo | yao1 | waist; lower back; pocket; middle; loins | | |
| 2 | 腰带 | 腰帶 | yāo dài | yao1 dai4 | belt | | |
| 3 | 弯腰 | 彎腰 | wān yāo | wan1 yao1 | to stoop | | |
| 4 | 腰部 | 腰部 | yāo bù | yao1 bu4 | waist; small of the back | | |
| 5 | 裤腰 | 褲腰 | kù yāo | ku4 yao1 | waist of trousers; waistband | | |
| 6 | 自掏腰包 | 自掏腰包 | zì tāo yāo bāo | zi4 tao1 yao1 bao1 | to pay out of one's own pocket; to dig into one's pocket | | |
| 7 | 膀大腰圆 | 膀大腰圓 | bǎng dà yāo yuán | bang3 da4 yao1 yuan2 | tall and strong; burly; beefy | | |
| 8 | 黑腰滨鹬 | 黑腰濱鷸 | hēi yāo bīn yù | hei1 yao1 bin1 yu4 | (bird species of China) Baird's sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) | | |
| 9 | 哈腰 | 哈腰 | hā yāo | ha1 yao1 | to bend | | |
| 10 | 弓腰 | 弓腰 | gōng yāo | gong1 yao1 | to bow; to bend at the waist | | |
| 11 | 低头哈腰 | 低頭哈腰 | dī tóu hā yāo | di1 tou2 ha1 yao1 | to bow with a great show of respect (idiom) | | |
| 12 | 等腰三角形 | 等腰三角形 | děng yāo sān jiǎo xíng | deng3 yao1 san1 jiao3 xing2 | isosceles triangle | | |
| 13 | 淡黄腰柳莺 | 淡黃腰柳鶯 | dàn huáng yāo liǔ yīng | dan4 huang2 yao1 liu3 ying1 | (bird species of China) lemon-rumped warbler (Phylloscopus chloronotus) | | |
| 14 | 搭腰 | 搭腰 | dā yāo | da1 yao1 | harness pad (on draft animal) | | |
| 15 | 插腰 | 插腰 | chā yāo | cha1 yao1 | to put one's hands on one's hips; also written 插腰 ; to put one's hands on one's hips | | |
| 16 | 膀阔腰圆 | 膀闊腰圓 | bǎng kuò yāo yuán | bang3 kuo4 yao1 yuan2 | tall and husky (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 半中腰 | 半中腰 | bàn zhōng yāo | ban4 zhong1 yao1 | middle; halfway | | |
| 18 | 半腰 | 半腰 | bàn yāo | ban4 yao1 | middle; halfway | | |
| 19 | 半山腰 | 半山腰 | bàn shān yāo | ban4 shan1 yao1 | Halfway up the mountain | | |
| 20 | 白腰朱顶雀 | 白腰朱頂雀 | bái yāo zhū dǐng què | bai2 yao1 zhu1 ding3 que4 | (bird species of China) common redpoll (Acanthis flammea) | | |
| 21 | 白腰燕鸥 | 白腰燕鷗 | bái yāo yàn ōu | bai2 yao1 yan4 ou1 | (bird species of China) Aleutian tern (Onychoprion aleuticus) | | |
| 22 | 白腰文鸟 | 白腰文鳥 | bái yāo wén niǎo | bai2 yao1 wen2 niao3 | (bird species of China) white-rumped munia (Lonchura striata) | | |
| 23 | 白腰杓鹬 | 白腰杓鷸 | bái yāo sháo yù | bai2 yao1 shao2 yu4 | (bird species of China) Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata) | | |
| 24 | 白腰鹊鸲 | 白腰鵲鴝 | bái yāo què qú | bai2 yao1 que4 qu2 | (bird species of China) white-rumped shama (Copsychus malabaricus) | | |
| 25 | 白腰叉尾海燕 | 白腰叉尾海燕 | bái yāo chā wěi hǎi yàn | bai2 yao1 cha1 wei3 hai3 yan4 | (bird species of China) Leach's storm petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) | | |