丫鬟

Chinese

		fork; bifurcation	a knot of hair on top of head
simp. and trad. (丫鬟)		丫	鬟
variant forms		丫環／丫环 丫嬛 鴉鬟／鸦鬟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāhuan

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ ˙ㄏㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa¹ waan⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): a-hoân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yāhuan
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ˙ㄏㄨㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ia.huan
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯a̠⁵⁵ xu̯a̠n²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa¹ waan⁴
    • Yale: ā wàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa¹ waan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: a¹ wan⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /ɑː⁵⁵ wɑːn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-hoân
    • Tâi-lô: a-huân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: a'hoaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² huan¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ huan²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² huan²⁴/

Noun

丫鬟

1. (historical) slave-girl; servant girl; maidservant

Synonyms

• 婢女 (bìnǚ)
• 女婢 (nǚbì)
• 女侍 (nǚshì)
• 女招待 (nǚzhāodài)
• 使女 (shǐnǚ)
• 丫頭／丫头 (yātou)
• (Cantonese) 妹仔