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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yā | ya1
English translation
forked; bifurcation

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Number of strokes

3

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shù

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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A forked line  shù

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

丷丨

Explanation

Pictograph of a fork or branch.

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zhè 丫头 yā tou ,打断 dǎ duàn 我们 wǒmen de 谈话 tán huà ,没轻没 chóng de .

It was rather imprudent of the little girl to interrupt our conversation like that.

大娘 dà niáng hěn 生气 shēngqì de shuì : “ 毛丫头, shuí shuì 值得 zhíde ?

" Who said it wasn't , brat? " Madam sounded angry.

yāo Xiàng shēn 舌头 shétou , 这个 zhè ge méi 规矩 guīju de 丫头 yā tou !

Don't put out your tongue at me, you cheeky girl!

亚历克斯好像 hǎoxiàng hěn 喜欢 xǐhuan duì zhè 3丫头 yā tou 发号施令 fā hào shī lìng

Alex seemed to enjoy lording it over the three girls.

树顶 de 枝丫 zhī yā

the topmost branches of the tree

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
fork
丫头 yā tou girl丫頭
脚丫子 jiǎo yā zi (coll.) foot腳丫子
丫鬟 yā huan maid丫鬟 yā huan
黄毛丫头 huáng máo yā tou silly little girl黃毛丫頭
丫头片子 yā tou piàn zi (coll.) silly girl丫頭片子
枝丫 zhī yā branch枝丫 zhī yā
丫髻 yā jì topknot丫髻 yā jì
丫杈 yā chà fork (of a tree)丫杈 yā chà

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