HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

掏腰包

tāoyāobāo

to dip into one's pocket; to pay out of pocket; to foot the bill

HSK 7–9

Meaning of 掏腰包 in English

tāoyāobāoHSK 7–9Syllabus #9364
  1. to dip into one's pocket; to pay out of pocket; to foot the bill

Characters

掏 on its own →
tāo · to fish out (from pocket)

HSK words with 掏

腰 on its own →
yāo · the waist and lower back

HSK words with 腰

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences