Chinese symbol for “stoop”
弯腰
wān yāo
Traditional: 彎腰
to stoop
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stoop is 弯腰 (wān yāo), defined as: to stoop.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “stoop”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 门廊 (門廊) | mén láng | stoop; parvis |
| 俯身 | fǔ shēn | to lean over; to bend over |
| 俯 | fǔ | to look down; to stoop |
| 弓背 | gōng bèi | to hunch over; to stoop |
| 弯腰驼背 (彎腰駝背) | wān yāo tuó bèi | slouch; stoop |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 弯腰.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弯曲 (彎曲) | wān qū | to bend; to curve around |
| 转弯 (轉彎) | zhuǎn wān | to turn; to go around a corner |
| 弯道 (彎道) | wān dào | winding road; road curve |
| 弯路 (彎路) | wān lù | winding road; roundabout route |
| 急转弯 (急轉彎) | jí zhuǎn wān | to make a sudden turn |
| 腰带 (腰帶) | yāo dài | belt; 条 (tiáo),根 (gēn) |
| 撑腰 (撐腰) | chēng yāo | to support; to brace |
| 腰部 | yāo bù | waist; small of the back |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stoop”.
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.