| 摇头摆尾 | yáo tóu bǎi wěi | to nod one's head and wag one's tail (idiom) / to be well pleased with oneself / to have a lighthearted air | 
| 摇 | Yáo | surname Yao | 
| 摇 | yáo | to shake / to rock / to row / to crank | 
| 摇头 | yáo tóu | to shake one's head | 
| 头 | tóu | head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:个 | 
| 头 | tou | suffix for nouns | 
| 摆 | bǎi | to arrange / to exhibit / to move to and fro / a pendulum | 
| 摆 | bǎi | hem (at the bottom of a garment) | 
| 尾 | wěi | tail / remainder / remnant / extremity / sixth of the 28 constellations / classifier for fish | 
| 尾 | yǐ | horse's tail / pointed posterior section of a locust etc |