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What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 丫头 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

丫头 yātou

girl; lass

It can also mean

  • servant girl; maid

Its characters

  1. 丫 yā girl (short for 丫头)
  2. 头 tou (suffix) noun suffix (as in 木头, 甜头)

In a sentence

这丫头真聪明。 This girl is really smart.

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