# 丫头 (yātou)

In Mandarin Chinese, 丫头 (yātou) means “girl; lass; maidservant”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: girl; lass; maidservant
- Pinyin: yātou (ya1 tou5)
- Traditional: 丫頭
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 那个小丫头长得非常活泼可爱。
  Nàge xiǎo yātou zhǎng de fēicháng huópō kě'ài.
  That little girl is very lively and cute.

## Characters

- 丫 (yā): fork; branch
- [头](https://hanziro.com/word/tou-head/) (tóu): head; top

https://hanziro.com/word/ya-tou-girl/

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