腰骨

Chinese

 
waist; lower back; pocket
waist; lower back; pocket; middle
bone
trad. (腰骨)
simp. #(腰骨)

Pronunciation


Noun

腰骨

  1. lumbar vertebrae (bones of the lower back)
  2. (Cantonese, figurative) backbone; good character

Synonyms

  • (lumbar vertebrae):

Derived terms

  • 冇腰骨

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
こし
Grade: S
ほね > ぼね
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Compound of (koshi, lower back) + (hone, bone). The hone changes to bone as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

(こし)(ぼね) (koshibone) 

  1. (anatomy) lumbar vertebrae (bones of the lower back)
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