衙

yá
  1. office
  2. yamen 衙门

CEDICT

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 禦 /御 (yù, “to resist; to block”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 禦 /御 (yù, “violent; tyrannical”)
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) short for 由衙 (“a kind of bamboo”)
  4. a surname
  5. alternative form of 禦 /御 (yù, “to resist; to block”)
  6. alternative form of 禦 /御 (yù, “violent; tyrannical”)
  7. official residence
  8. only used in 衙衙 (“walking; marching (of troops)”)
  9. public office
  10. short for 由衙 (“a kind of bamboo”)

Wiktionary

  1. 古代官吏办理公务的地方。
  2. 唐代天子处理政务的前殿。
  3. 依次排列成行的事物。
  4. 姓。如汉代有衙谨卿。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

衙 Yá surname Ya

Containing this entry

衙内 yánèi
  1. child of an official
  2. palace bodyguard
衙役 yáyì bailiff of feudal yamen
衙署 yáshǔ
  1. government office in feudal China
  2. yamen
衙门 yámen yamen, government office in dynastic China
府衙 fǔyá
官衙 guānyá

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