# 丫鬟
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yāhuan
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ ˙ㄏㄨㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): aa$^1$ waan$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ă-kuàng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): a-hoân
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ia$^1$ fan$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yāhuan
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ˙ㄏㄨㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yahuån
*** Wade–Giles: ya$^1$-huan$^5$
*** Yale: yā-hwan
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ia.huan
*** Palladius: яхуань (jaxuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /jä⁵⁵ xu̯än²/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: aa$^1$ waan$^4$
*** Yale: ā wàahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: aa$^1$ waan$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: a$^1$ wan$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /aː⁵⁵ waːn²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ă-kuàng
*** Sinological IPA : /a⁵⁵ $^{(kʰ-)}$uaŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-hoân
*** Tâi-lô: a-huân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: a'hoaan
*** IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² huan²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ huan²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² huan¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ huan²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ huan²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: ia$^1$ fan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /i̯a̠³³ ɸan¹³/

### Noun

丫鬟
* (literary, literally) fork-shaped bun (of women)
* (historical) slave-girl; servant girl; maidservant

#### Synonyms

* (slave-girl):
* 丫頭 / 丫头 (yātou)
* 使女 (shǐnǚ)
* 女侍 (nǚshì)
* 女奴 (nǚnú)
* 女婢 (nǚbì)
* 女招待 (nǚzhāodài)
* 妮子 (nīzi) (obsolete)
* 婢女 (bìnǚ)
* 小妮子 (xiǎonīzi) (obsolete)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 婢 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 婢女, 女婢, 丫鬟, 丫頭, 使女 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 丫鬟, 丫鬟兒, 丫頭子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 丫鬟 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 支使丫頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 丫鬟兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 丫頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 丫鬟 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 丫頭子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 丫鬟, 丫頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 使用丫頭子, 使用丫頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 使喚丫頭, 使喚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 丫鬟, 丫頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 使喚丫頭, 丫鬟 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 丫頭兒, 丫頭子, 丫鬟 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 丫頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 丫頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 丫頭, 妹崽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 丫頭兒, 小丫頭兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 丫頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 妹仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 妹仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 妹仔 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 丫頭 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 姨婆 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 丫鬟 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 細老婢, 老婢仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 婢婆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 使女 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 使婢 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 使女 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 使女 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 丫頭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蠻妮子, 妮子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 丫花 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 奶婆 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 丫頭, 丫鬟, 丫頭囝, 義女 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 查某𡢃仔, 查某𡢃, 𡢃婢 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 查某𡢃, 𡢃婢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 查某𡢃仔, 查某𡢃, 𡢃婢, 撽作 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 查某𡢃 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 查某𡢃仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 查某𡢃 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 查某𡢃 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 查某𡢃 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 查某𡢃仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 查某𡢃仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 查某𡢃仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 娘𡢃 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 查某𡢃 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 番仔婆, 查某𡢃, 番婆 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 跤作, 跤作仔 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 赤跤囝, 花囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 妹囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 儂囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 妹囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 妹崽, 丫鬟 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 丫頭, 使女 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 丫頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 丫鬟 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 丫頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 丫頭, 丫頭屄 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 細奶兒, 丫頭, 丫鬟 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 囡女 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 丫鬟, 丫頭 |

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 丫 | 鬟 |

### Noun

丫鬟
* chữ Hán form of a hoàn (“(historical) maidservant”).