yā tou

Traditional: 丫頭

HSK 7–9

丫头 (yā tou) is a Chinese word meaning “girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment)”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 丫头

丫yā · fork头tóu · head

Related words

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