丫髻

Chinese

		fork; bifurcation	hair rolled up in a bun, topknot
simp. and trad. (丫髻)		丫	髻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yājì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa¹ gai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yājì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yajì
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹-chi⁴
    • Yale: yā-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iajih
    • Palladius: яцзи (jaczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa¹ gai³
    • Yale: ā gai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa¹ gai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: a¹ gei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː⁵⁵ kɐi̯³³/

Noun

丫髻

1. hair bun (often two buns on either side of the crown of the head giving the hair a shape similar to a branches)

Synonyms

• 雙丫髻／双丫髻
• 雙角髻／双角髻
• 丫鬟 (yāhuan)
• 丫頭／丫头 (yātou)