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丫

yā

Character

What 丫 means

1. fork
2. branch
3. bifurcation
4. girl

Example sentences

• 我的丫鬟可厉害了。
  My maid is amazing.

Words starting with 丫

• 丫头yā tougirl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment)
• 丫鬟yā huanservant girl; maid
• 丫环yā huanservant girl; maid
• 丫挺yā tǐng(Beijing dialect) bastard; damned
• 丫角yā jiǎotraditional hairstyle for children, with two pointy braids, giving it a horn-like…
• 丫巴儿yā bā rfork (of a tree, road, argument etc); bifurcation; fork junction
• 丫头片子yā tou piàn zi(colloquial) silly girl; little girl
• 丫髻yā jìbun (of hair); topknot
• 丫杈yā chàfork (of a tree); tool made of forked wood
• 丫子yā zisee 脚丫子

Words containing 丫

• 脚丫jiǎo yā(colloquial) foot
• 脚丫子jiǎo yā zi(colloquial) foot
• 撒丫子sā yā zi(dialect) to scamper off; to take to one's heels; to make oneself scarce
• 黄毛丫头huáng máo yā tousilly little girl
• 枝丫zhī yāvariant of 枝桠
• 颠儿丫子diān r yā zisee 颠儿

Sounds the same

Read yā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 压to press; to push down; to keep under (control)
• 鸭duck; (slang) male prostitute
• 押to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody
• 鸦crow
• 呀ah (used to express surprise); (onomatopoeia) creaking
• 哑(onomatopoeia) sound of cawing; sound of infant learning to talk; variant of 呀
• 桠forking branch
• 垭(dialect) strip of land between hills; used in place names; also pr. yà
• 煆raging fire