腰杆

腰桿
yāogǎn
  1. (a person's) back (usu. as sth one keeps straight)
  2. (fig.) backing; support

CEDICT

waist

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 腰 yāo
  1. the waist and lower back
  2. (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)
  3. the waist of trousers or a skirt
  4. (metonym) money pouch; pocket
  5. (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
2 杆 gǎn
  1. stick
  2. pole
  3. lever
  4. classifier for long objects such as guns

Containing this entry

腰杆子 yāogǎnzi
  1. waist
  2. small of the back
  3. (fig.) backing

Related entries

后 hòu
  1. back
  2. behind
  3. rear
  4. afterwards
  5. after
  6. later
  7. post-
洗后弄平。

After washing, de-wrinkle it.

Source: Tatoeba

背侧 bèicè
  1. back
  2. back side
背部 bèibù back (of a human or other vertebrate, or of an object)
我的背部被踢了一脚。

I was kicked in the back.

Source: Tatoeba

脊梁 jǐliang (coll.) back (of a human or other vertebrate)
脊背 jǐbèi back (of a human or other vertebrate)