丫
头

Girl in Chinese: 丫头 (yā tou)

yā tou

girl

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 丫頭1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1girl
  2. 2servant girl
  3. 3(used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment)

Stroke order

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丫
头

Zhuyin

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ㄧㄚ

yā

ㄧ/ iㄚ/ a—/ first tone

˙ㄊㄡ

tou

˙/ neutral toneㄊ/ tㄡ/ ou

Simplified & traditional

丫头

Simplified

丫頭

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这个小丫头真可爱。

    zhè ge xiǎo yā tou zhēn kě ài。

    This little girl is really adorable.

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Related words

头

tóu

head

头发

tóu fa

hair (on the head)

点头

diǎn tóu

to nod

骨头

gǔ tou

bone

罐头

guàn tou

tin

馒头

mán tou

steamed roll

木头

mù tou

slow-witted

舌头

shé tou

tongue

石头

shí tou

stone

枕头

zhěn tou

pillow

里头

lǐ tou

inside

头脑

tóu nǎo

brains

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