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丫鬟

丫鬟

Chinese

		slave girl	a knot of hair on top of head
simp. and trad. (丫鬟)		丫	鬟
alt. forms		丫環／丫环丫嬛鴉鬟／鸦鬟

Noun

丫鬟

(historical) slave-girl; servant girl; maidservant

Synonyms

婢女 (bìnǚ)
使女 (shǐnǚ)
丫頭／丫头 (yātou)
(Cantonese) 妹仔

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yāhuan

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚㄏㄨㄢ˙
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa¹ waan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): a-hoân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yāhuan
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚㄏㄨㄢ˙
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ia.huan
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯a̠⁵⁵ xu̯a̠n²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa¹ waan⁴
  - Yale: ā wàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa¹ waan⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ɑː⁵⁵ wɑːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-hoân
  - Tâi-lô: a-huân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: a'hoaan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ huan²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² huan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² huan¹³/