肚 子 dù zi belly / abdomen / stomach / CL:個|个[ge4] 胃 wèi stomach / CL:個|个[ge4] 腹 fù abdomen / stomach / belly 空 心 kòng xīn on an empty stomach 肠 胃 cháng wèi stomach and intestine / digestive system 心 口 xīn kǒu pit of the stomach / solar plexus / words and thoughts 腹 痛 fù tòng bellyache / stomach pain 胃 病 wèi bìng stomach trouble / stomach illness 胃 癌 wèi ái stomach cancer 空 腹 kōng fù an empty stomach 脾 胃 pí wèi spleen and stomach (digestive organs in TCM) / preferences / one's taste (e.g. in literature) 苦 水 kǔ shuǐ bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) / suffering / digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth / fig. bitter complaint 洗 胃 xǐ wèi (medicine) to give or receive gastric lavage / to get one's stomach pumped 胃 寒 wèi hán stomach cold (TCM) 食 不 果 腹 shí bù guǒ fù lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom) / fig. poverty-stricken 六 腑 liù fǔ (TCM) the six hollow organs: gallbladder 膽|胆[dan3], stomach 胃[wei4], large intestine 大腸|大肠[da4chang2], small intestine 小腸|小肠[xiao3chang2], triple heater 三焦[san1jiao1], bladder 膀胱[pang2guang1] 积 食 jī shí (of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM) 咕 gū (onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc 趴 pā to lie on one's stomach / to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc) / (Tw) percent 脘 guǎn internal cavity of stomach 脘 wǎn internal cavity of stomach 饥 肠 辘 辘 jī cháng lù lù stomach rumbling with hunger 不 伤 脾 胃 bù shāng pí wèi lit. doesn't hurt the spleen or the stomach / fig. something that is not critical 剖 腹 藏 珠 pōu fù cáng zhū lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom) / fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities 兵 马 未 动 , 粮 草 先 行 bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíng before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom) / logistics comes before military maneuvers / an army marches on its stomach 和 胃 力 气 hé wèi lì qì to harmonize the stomach and rectify qi 氣|气[qi4] (Chinese medicine) 咕 咕 叫 gū gū jiào sound made by an empty stomach 心 窝 儿 xīn wō r one's breast / the pit of one's stomach 志 坚 胆 壮 zhì jiān dǎn zhuàng to have the stomach and determination to do sth (idiom) 益 胃 生 津 yì wèi shēng jīn to benefit the stomach and increase fluids (idiom) 蜂 巢 胃 fēng cháo wèi reticulum (second stomach of ruminants) / honeycomb tripe 嗳 腐 吞 酸 ài fǔ tūn suān putrid belching with regurgitation of stomach acid (medical term) 人 是 铁 饭 是 钢 rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom) / an empty sack cannot stand upright 停 食 tíng shí (of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM) 存 食 cún shí (of food) to retain in stomach due to indigestion (TCM) 害 肚 子 hài dù zi upset stomach / stomachache 嗳 腐 吞 酸 ǎi fǔ tūn suān putrid belching with regurgitation of stomach acid (medical term) 辘 辘 lù lù (onom.) rumbling noise (produced by wheels rolling, one's stomach etc) 饥 肠 辘 辘 jī cháng - lù lù (idiom) stomach rumbling with hunger / very hungry