= y + a1
fork / branch / bifurcation / girl
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How to pronounce 丫

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ a1 final

In front of the ashram.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

丫 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Characters with 丫 as component

yáng = y + ang2
sheep / goat / CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]
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ā = Ø + a1
phonetic a, similar to 呵 / -azine, see 吖嗪[a1 qin2]
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Words with 丫

(dialect) to rush off / to scamper off double-quick / to take to one's heels / to make oneself scarce
variant of 枝椏|枝桠[zhi1 ya1]

Sentences with 丫

丫 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

fork / branch / bifurcation / girl

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