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Chinese symbol for “beefy”

膀大腰圆
bǎng dà yāo yuán
Traditional: 膀大腰圓
tall and strong; burly; beefy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for beefy is 膀大腰圆 (bǎng dà yāo yuán), defined as: tall and strong; burly; beefy.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

膀 bǎng
shoulder, upper arm, wing
radical 130 ⾁ · 14 strokes
大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes
腰 yāo
waist, lower back; middle; pocket
radical 130 ⾁ · 13 strokes
圆 yuán
circle; circular, round; complete
radical 31 ⼞ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 膀大腰圆.

WordPinyinMeaning
肩膀jiān bǎngshoulder
翅膀chì bǎngwing; 只 (zhī),对 (duì)
膀胱páng guāngurinary bladder
膀子bǎng ziupper arm; arm
臂膀bì bǎngarm
膀胱炎páng guāng yáncystitis
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
腰带 (腰帶)yāo dàibelt; 条 (tiáo),根 (gēn)
圆满 (圓滿)yuán mǎnsatisfactory; consummate; perfect

See also: Japanese symbol for “beefy”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.