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丫头 (yā tou) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 7

丫头 (yā tou) is a Chinese word: girl (informal/affectionate term). This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 丫头

名 míng noun

girl (informal/affectionate term)

这个小丫头真可爱。

zhè ge xiǎo yā tou zhēn kě ài

This little girl is really cute.

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Word breakdown

丫 yā — young girl (derived from forked shape resembling traditional hairstyle)

头 tóu / tou — suffix making the word colloquial and affectionate

Contextual pronunciation: tou

Structure & writing
1 丫 yā — something forked at the top; fork-shaped part at the front of an object

丫 is not used as a component in any other character.

丫 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

Stroke order

2 头 tóu / tou — head (of a person or animal)
Xpinyin
头 is a component in 2 characters

consists of

2.2 大 dà — large; great (in volume, area, quantity, force, intensity, etc.; opposite of 小)
Xpinyin
大 is a component in 34 characters
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Stroke order