丫鬟

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāhuan

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ ˙ㄏㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa¹ waan⁴
• Min Dong (BUC): ă-kuàng
• Min Nan (POJ): a-hoân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yāhuan
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ˙ㄏㄨㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ia.huan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yahuån
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ xwän²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa¹ waan⁴
    • Yale: ā wàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa¹ waan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: a¹ wan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /äː⁵⁵ wäːn²¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ă-kuàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /a⁵⁵ ^(kʰ-)uaŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-hoân
    • Tâi-lô: a-huân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: a'hoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² huan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ huan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² huan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ huan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ huan²³/

Noun

丫鬟

1. (literary, literally) fork-shaped bun (of women)
2. (historical) slave-girl; servant girl; maidservant

Synonyms

• (slave-girl):

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Synonyms of 丫鬟

• 𡢃婢 (Min Nan)
• 丫頭／丫头 (yātou)
• 使女 (shǐnǚ)
• 女侍 (nǚshì)
• 女奴 (nǚnú)
• 女婢 (nǚbì)
• 女招待 (nǚzhāodài)
• 奶婆 (Min Bei)
• 妮子 (nīzi) (obsolete)

• 妹仔 (Cantonese)
• 婢女 (bìnǚ)
• 小妮子 (xiǎonīzi) (obsolete)
• 撽作 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 查某𡢃 (Min Nan)
• 查某𡢃仔 (Min Nan)
• 細老婢／细老婢 (Hakka)
• 義女／义女 (Min Dong)
• 蠻妮子／蛮妮子 (Jin)