| 腋 | [ yè ] armpit, (biology) axilla, (botany) axil, Taiwan pr. [yi4] |
| 腋下 | [ yè xià ] underarm, armpit |
| 腋毛 | [ yè maó ] armpit hair |
| 腋生 | [ yè shēng ] axillary (botany), budding in the angle between branch and stem |
| 腋窩 | [ yè wō ] armpit |
| 腋臭 | [ yè choù ] body odor, bromhidrosis, armpit odor, underarm stink, also called 狐臭[hu2 chou4] |
| 腋芽 | [ yè yá ] axillary bud, bud growing from axil of plant |
| ⇒ 肘腋 | [ zhoǔ yè ] lit. armpit, elbow and armpit, fig. right up close (to a disaster), in one's backyard, on one's doorstep |
| ⇒ 變生肘腋 | [ biàn shēng zhoǔ yè ] lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep, trouble or danger in one's own backyard |
| ⇒ 集腋成裘 | [ jí yè chéng qiú ] many hairs make a fur coat (idiom); many small contributions add up to sth big, many a mickle makes a muckle |