枝丫

Chinese

		branch; (a measure word)	fork; bifurcation
simp. and trad. (枝丫)		枝	丫
alternative forms		枝椏／枝桠
anagram		丫枝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīyā

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ aa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīyā
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihya
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-ya¹
    • Yale: jr̄-yā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyia
    • Palladius: чжия (čžija)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ jä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ aa¹
    • Yale: jī ā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ aa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ a¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ aː⁵⁵/

Noun

枝丫

1. branch of tree

   • 芬芳美麗滿枝丫 [MSC, trad.]
     芬芳美丽满枝丫 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 18ᵗʰ century ᴄᴇ, Molihua, a Jiangnan-Jianghuai folk song

     fēnfāng měilì mǎn zhīyā [Pinyin]

     Pleasant in looks and smells, blooming around the twigs