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丫頭

丫頭

See also: 丫头

Chinese

		slave girl	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (丫頭)		丫	頭
simp. (丫头)		丫	头

Noun

丫頭

servant girl; maid; young female slave
(colloquial) girl (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment)

Synonyms

(servant girl): 婢女 (bìnǚ), 使女 (shǐnǚ), 丫鬟 (yāhuan)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yātou

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚㄊㄡ˙
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa¹ tau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): a-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: yātou
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚㄊㄡ˙
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ia.tou
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯a̠⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯²/
  - Homophones:
    
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    丫頭／丫头
    押頭／押头
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa¹ tau⁴
  - Yale: ā tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa¹ tau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ɑː⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: a-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: a'taau
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² tʰaʊ¹³/