It means to stoop. It literally means to bend your waist. Uang1彎 is to bend and io1 腰 is one's waist.
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| uang1 io1彎腰 |
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| uang1 io1 彎腰 |
However, I have looked at my study notes and uang1 io1彎腰 is actually the same as io1gu1 腰痀 which means hunchback. In Mandarin hunchback is said as tuo2bei4 駝背. Tuo2 駝 means camel and bei4 背 means back - so hunchback in Mandarin is camel-back. Don't you find this interesting?
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