腰桿子

waist / small of the back / (fig.) backing

waist / lower back / pocket / middle / loins

(a person's) back (usu. as sth one keeps straight) / (fig.) backing; support

stick / pole / lever / classifier for long objects such as guns

pole / stick / club / gang of bandits

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

(noun suffix)